China, and Mrs, Brown, left yesterday on the str. President Lincoln for furlough in America. They were accompanied by Miss Betty Brown. Mr. Wilbur Judd will be the acting, Executive Secretary during the absence of Mr. Brown, Mr, Harry Maxwell, who has been the Danish Consul in Kobe and Osaka for the past nine years, tendered his resignation of the Fast upon joining the staff of General Motors Japan, Ld, Osaka, and Mr. Paul Jorgensen now is in charge of the Consulate in the capacity of acting Consul.
Tue noted Chinese scholar, Dr. Ku Hung-ming, who had been Tokyo for the past three years, connected with the "Daito Bunka'Kyo-(Oriental Cultural Association)
arrived at Dairen, accompanied by his wife and daughter. He intends to go to Peking when the civil war comes to a close.
THe American Consul-General at! Canton, Mr. Dovglas Jenkins, and hi was Senior Consul, He fs succeeded by Mr. J. C. Houston, from Tientsin, who was formerly for a time at Canton.
Dr. R. d'Auxion de Ruffé returned to Shanghai on Thursday on board the str. President Madison after a short holiday in France, where he has been lecturing on Chinese matters before many important, French bodies. During his stay at home he was elected a member of the Societe d'Etudes Economiques, Of which the president is the famous:
ist, M. Yves Guyout, former. Premier of France.
Comsmanvsn James Figgins, promoted at.the New Year from the battle-cruiser Renown, and the first to reach the rank of commander on the active list from the grade of mate, has now received his first appointment in his new rank. He is to become executive officer of H.M.S. Titania, depot ship for submarines China, in which Commander Franklin Ratsey has nearly completed two years.
Tue Right Rev. Dr. Charles Perry scott, 0.0, of Chunge-te School, Peking, Bishop of'North China, 1880- 1913, who died on Feburary 13, aged 79, left property in Great Britain valued at £3,651. He left the proceeds of certain life policies upon trust for his niece, Mary Scott, for life, and then one-half to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel for the Dioceses of North and Shantung:
and one-half between. the for the Propagation of th Gospel (for general purposes), Church Missionary. Society,' the Society for the Promotion of Chris-Knowledge, the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Cam. bridge Mission to Delhi, the Oxford Mission to Calcutta, the Korean Mission, the Jerusalem. and East!
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