Chu, general manager of the Manufacturers Bank of China, following a kidnapping affair in which he was the victim, has come as a shock to a host of foreign and Chi ese friends. Mr. Chu was very! well-known locally as a banker and merchant and he took a keen and active interest in many phases Shanghai's social life.
'A native of Anhui Province, he was 47 years of age. Having studied in Boone College, Wuchang, be came to Shanghai and entered St. John's University, from which he graduate ed in 1907. He then went to the United States and enrolled at Yal>
University, where he studied law under the late Mr, William Howard Taft, former President and Chief Justice of the United States. After taking his degree as Bachelor Laws, he returned to China and at once accepted an appointment as English secretary to the Szechuan-Hankow Railway. In 1911, he came director of the general affairs. department of the Ministry of Communications and, from 1912 to 1917, he served as chief secretary to the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-
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