Not merely courtesy to his hosts but the exact requirements of accurate apportionment of credit where credit fs due may be said to have in spired Sir John Brenan's happy. trl-Dule to the services of distinguished Trishmen overseas. in administrative capacities of high importance. has this quality been exclusively at the disposal of the British Empire as the records of Trishmen in China show. On that point. Sir John Brenan's special reference to Sir Frederick Maze will be greatly appre lated, Sir Frederick's countrymen and fellow-subjects of His Majesty the King have every reason to be proud of the manner in which the Tnspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs has upheld the traditions of public service in conditions of extreme diffeulty. His unswerving fidelity to the interests 83|o¢ China ud. to the policies of the Government under which he holds his. many-sided office has been marked by. courage and tact of a high order. It has fortunately found response in the trust and confidence imposed in him $80] by successive Finance Ministers who wilt certainly be gratified to note that! the British Government's official. re~ presentative here, von the eve of transfer to the inner counsels of Whitehall, "has so, cordially drawn public attention to Sir Frederick
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