London, Sept. 6.
An International Congress of Savants interested in the East has not been held since before the war—16 years, Much has happened since then. It we impossible to meet once in the savants of many differ-countries which hi had such cep differences with without emotion. Characteristicall the British who were the hosts al the XVILIth Oriental Congress, just concluded at Oxford, contrived to Keep their outward appearances calm, though their speeches of welcome were warm enough to con-Vince all the nationalities of their sincerity.
The chief characteristic of the Congress has been a very great pleasure in taking up once more the inquiries and researches in a common fellowship of interest and work. This pleasure amounted to 2 positive joy: so much #0, that at the last banquet in the great hall of Christ Church, at which many distinguished guests spoke, in~ cluding Sir Ronald Storrs, formally Governor of Jerusalem and now Governor of Cyprus. The French speaker referred: with approval to "la vielle, la joyeuse Angleterre.
suppose it was the great relief in everyone's heart that in common work and interest in the Far and Nearer East so dear to all our hearts, we could afford to put aside past sorrow. This XVIIIth International Congress has done much to heal the wounds of the War. were so busy reading or learned and earnest papd shed light on points of civilizations of great inter Yhere was no time for anything but pleasure in good and. careful
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