Mr, W. Cameron Forbes Due with U.S. Economic Party New York, Feb. 1.
'Mr. W. Cameron Forbes' will head the American Economic Mission 10 the Orient, it was announced to-day by the American Council on Foreign Trade, which is sponsoring the visit.
Mr, Forbes is recognized as one of the outstanding authorities on Fur Eastern affairs in the United States, and has had extensive experience int the Philippines and in Japan.
From 1900 to 1913, he was Governor-General of the Philippi Islands. He resigned irom this post, [but returned to the Islands in 1921 as 2 principal member of the Wood: Forbes mission appointed by Pre: cent Harding to investigate conditions inthe Philippines.
From June, 1931, to March. 1982.
Mr. A, P. Finch left Shanghai last
king and Hankow.
Tt will be good news to very many to Jearn that Mrs, Nellie Brock on Saturday was able to leave the Country Hospital, where she has been for thirteen weeks, consequent on very Serious injuries sustained when a mo~ for lorry collided with a rickshaw in which she was riding Mrs. Brock is anxious to Jet her friends enow how much she appreciated the many beautiful presents of flowers dnd other gifts sent to her whilst she was in hospital.
'A Wacheon party, was given on Friday at the Shanghai Club by Mr. C.J. Chancellor to the proprietors fand editors of Shanghai newspapers fand to the heads of news agencies working in various parts of the world ju cooperation with Reuters, Jorder to meet Mr. Geoffrey Imeson, recently arrived in Shanghai to take Up the post of Reuters' chief editor. Those present included Messrs, THlman Durdin, O. Thackrey, G. Moresthe, H. Bardo, S. Matsumoto, A. Nottingham,. B, Chang, W. detailed exposition of the rise of! General Chiang Kat-shek in which he extolled the virtues of the Chinese Teader in both military and civil spheres, Rapidly he sketched the Prominence of a personality noted to-Gay in the front page news of Journals around the world, before he began the task of tracing the full career of the man whom Mr, Arnoldov termed, the greatest soldier in history", bor-vowing the words in which General Chiang Kal-shek described his own hho was Ambassador from the United States to Japan, immediately preceding Mr. Joseph' Clark Grew, the present' Ambassador.
Members. of the mission will sail from San Francisco on March 22, the Council announced, adding that 0 number of prominent American firms have already indicated their desire Jor take part in the mission—United Pres.
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