A Dream of 17 Years "It has been my dream," said Mr. Chang, "for the last 17 years to see precisely such a conference called by the Government. There have been several financial confer-fences' in the past; but they have all failed in their purpose because the higher authorities did not understand that financial" problems must be solved by the application of sound economic principles. It more than a pleasure to me, therefore, that tovlay, through the efforts and far-sightedness of the we are able to gather in to determine measures based upon sound economic principles."
Finally, My. Chang Chang-a0, Vice-Governor of the Bank of China and the outstanding representative of the bankers at the conference, replying to Minister Soong's address on behalf of the unofficial repre-tentatives, expressed the thanks of the entire community for the holding of the conference which he marked an epoch. Mr, Chang particularly expressed the apprecia tion of the Chinese bankers of the fact that Minister Soong succeeded in avoiding a disturbance of the monetary condition of Shanghai
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