Lord Winterton, presiding over the banquet in honour of the Chines Dalegation' given last. night by "the Committees of the China Association fud the Federation of British Indus. {rles, paid a very gracefully turned compliment to Dr. H. H. Kung.
Tone may say so without ime pertinence, what has made Dr. Kung fo popular in London is that, while one could better support the dignity of his office on. ceremonial Sceusions, as at the Coronation itself, normal times he is so entirely tree from affectation and stiffness. Jour rialists" in particular have cause Femember gratefully his friendly acces sibility, "AL least " one. of them prays that Dr, Kung's patience has hot been tried' to0 far.
It was a happy idea to hold fast night's banquet in Vintners' Hall Instead of in a West End hotel. Excellent as the latter are, there' is no rear difference between them and Similar establishments in New York for Paris. The. Vintners" Hall is. suf wveneris, something that few Chinese fave seen and which with their born historical sense they would instantly appreciate. There are more magnificent halls in the City than this. outwardly unassuming building tucked away in Thames Street, but none more typically English, with Its mellow panelled rooms, its" lovely square staircase and its rich old 'One peculiarity is that the attend-anis-atthe door wear' white smocks reaching to the knee, with—black Teather belts, and top hats. "Exactly Why' this costume '(which ike mast things in the City is of ancient origin though T am afraid Tcan't say wha) should seem so. appropriate to an atmosphere of perfect wine, I do not! know, but. so itis. El course the wines at Vintners! Holl are' unsur=
End. Many Chinese came to London during the War and have stayed on, others have come la the way of ordinary. business. Some are' doing moderately well, others are, it Is to be feared very poor. But of one an li alike, nothing could possibly be further from the truth than the lurid Must the Lama have ridden at all? Might he not have transported him, self by the mystic art of "lung-gon the faculty acquired by some Tibetan adepts of moving with extraordinary speed from place to place as described by Mme David Noel? nelures of sinister dens and myster fous crimes among. the Chinese of Tonden in. which some writers of thrillers delight. For the children of the many' mixed marriages in. the Kast End, the Chung Hwa club, founded a few years ayo Is doing excellent work on modest lines.
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