The Mouse of Commons to-day passed, by 219 votes to 101, the third reading of the Currency Bank. notes Bill, the object of which is to amalgamate currency-notes with Rank of England notes, as provided in the Budget—Reuter: had been constructed in thi is dis. trict by the French Munici sd_them as private proagreement signed by the and M. Kahn} provided that the district through which the roads had been constructed ould be included henceforth in the French Concession.
From 1916 to 1918, M. Kahn was in charge of the French Consulate] in London. He was made minister plenipotentiary, 2nd class, and envoy extraordinary and aninister_plenipotentiary at Bangkok in Septem. her, 1918. In 1920 he was appointed inspector of diplomatic and con-Sular posts and the same year his exceptional achievements gained for; him the decoration of officer in the Legion dHenneur. In 1921 he retired from official life, and at the time of his death he was adviser to the Paris offices of the Banque Franco-Chinoise pour lo Commerce,
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