'A keen artist, who painted in both oils and water-colours, Mr. Sowerby was particularly fond of music, and a great student of English literature, His favourite poet. was Robert Browning, in whose work he found his chief delight. Mr. Sowerby, who had recently passed his 76th birthday, was bora in London, and married Miss Louisa Clayton' in Shanghai in 1883." He bad remained thoroughly alert, mentally, and retained fa vital interest in the diversified Manchoukuo's offer to share the cost of Japan's national defence is Siting ana proper on the basis of the Japanese-Manchoukuo protocol 1992, the "Tokyo Asahi stated editor fally to-day. Manchoukuo showed a surplus of nearly ¥.10,000000 for the past fiscal year and this was due Yargely to Japan's work in securing peace and order in that country, at a cost of approximately' ¥.700,000,000 paid from the coffers of Japan, since 1931, the "Asahi" said—United Press.
Tokyo, June 27.
Japan to-day accepted Manchoskeno's offer of ¥.9,000,000 as. the new state's share of the cost of the joint defence of Manchoukuo in 1934, "Reuter, ceived his injuries in rescuing his men from a dug-out into which a gas shell had dropped. He had the Military Cross and was mentioned several despatches.
Mr. Sowerby is survived by four daughters in addition to his son, Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby of 'Shanghai. 'They are Mrs. Flora Grace McCoy of Hollywood, 'Ada Louise Spear, with whom Mr. 'Sowerby made his home in Car bridge, Mrs. Alice May Roberts, also of England, and Mrs. Eva Christina Dunbar, whose husband, Mr. Robert Dunbar' attached to the Foreign 'OMice in England, recently _relinquished his post as Chargs d'Aftaires fin Addis Abbaba, Abyssinia, to Sir Sidney Barton, former British Consul-General in' Shanghai.
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