Sir Harry Fox's relations with the commercial communities have always been close and cordial, but fon the social side he was equally' appreciated. Few could beat him as fan after-dinner speaker or as an amateur performer on the stage, fand as a raconteur in the club he had no Yival. 'All who knew Fox' well are extremely sorry to lose him, bat there fs the consolation for all interested in Chinese affairs that hig period of usefulness is likely to continue, for he has the hope to enter Parliament and ventilate Chinese questions. His knowledge of his subject, his facility in speak ing and his aplomb in awkward
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