from India Geneva, Jan. 12, The British director of the League of Nations politico-financial department Sir Arthur Salter has accepted an invitation to proceed. from india where he is at present, to Chiza in order to advise ional Government on the coun try's financial reconstruction and alo, it is presumed here, to consider the question of loans to China.
Furthermore the French director of the League's communications: bureau, H. R. Haas, is also proceeding to China in order to study the possibility of accepting the Chinese oilways as securities for foreign After a brilliant career at Oxford University, Sir Arthur served in the Transport Department of the Admiralty and as Assistant Secre~ tary of the National Health Insurance Commission between 1904 and He has also held the following " appointments: Director Transport (Admiralty), 1915; Dirctor of Ship Requisitioning, 1027: Secretary of Allied Maritime Council, 1918; Secretary to the Supreme Economic Council (1919), General Secretary to the Reparations Com mission, and League of Nations Financial Director.
In addition to holding many decorations and awards, he is the author of many books' on shipping control and international adminis~ tration—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min and.
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