France to China and Siam, was here recently while en route, on a personal visit, to Shanghai and Peking. The diplomat's first visit to Vancouver was 31 years ago whea he was on his way home from China, where, at that time, he was serving as consul for France. Naturally he was somewhat reticent in discussing the French occupation of the Ruhr. 'We hope the world will not regard France as vindictive," he said to an inter viewer here. 'We are only just and fair, which is more than Germany ever was.' When he was asked if his visit to China had any international significance, M. Kahn replied, "Ah I have worked hard and am retired, but no morni ever grows too old to serve if he can." The minister's diplomatic service dates back to almost four decades that were linked intimately with an important period in the history of his republic. During the tense days of the Boxer uprising he headed the consular service in Peking. At the outbreak of the Great War he was consul-general for France in London and later was sent again to Ohina where he acted in diplomatic relations with the young republic with which Ger many was making advances.
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