'A recent and interesting arrival in China is Colonel R. Bf. C. Ruxton, ©.n.2, who has been appointed at advisor to the Ministry of Finance! on Prevention Affairs. Colonel Ruxton's connection with China bean 30 years ago when he joined the Weihaiwei Regiment. When the regiment was disbanded he was seconded from the army and became an Inspector of Chinese labour in the Transvaal. When the El churia where the conservative!
Fengtien group, headed by General Chang Tso-hsiang, who never did see eye to eye with Nanking, object to any active interference in a domain which has been independent! for many years. The implications! of Marshal Chang's decision are difficult to perceive at present, but it would not be incorrect to' suggest that his prolonged stay at] Tientsin instead of immediately proceeding to Mukden after the Nanking conference indicates a far nese labour was withdrawn Capta Ruxton settled in South Africa but was invited by cable to join the vice of the Salt Gabelle in which provided by the demonstrations of cordiality in the Nationalist capital. he remained for thirteen years, tiring as he imagined for good 1927, During the Great War he served for two years the forees and being severely wounded was transferred to the Chinese Labour Corps, of which he latterly] became second-in-command. Colonel Ruxton acquired a good Knowledge of Chinese during his various periods of service in this country, and was always happy in his re Intions with the Chinese. To this he owes the unexpected offer to return to China once more, to help to organize a Preventive service for the Salt Gabelle whose revenue suffers greatly from smuggling.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.