Views on China's Adoption of a Gold Standard Tokyo, July 23
Returning. to the United States after visits to China and th Philippine Islands United States Shidehara, the Japanese Foreign Minister, with Mr. William Cameron Forbes, the American bassador to Japan, at eleven o'clock this morning.
Tu an interview with newspaper correspondents Senator Pittman, who is making a study of the relationship between economic depression and low silver values, reiterated his belief that an international silver conference must be called to cope with the white metal situation. He urged negotiations designed to prevent the dumping of, Indian silver and he expressed belief that it will be impossible for China to adopt a gold standard for} some time to come because of the} lack of a gold reserve—United Ihe was attended by a medi officer. Holt, apart from slight Pains im his legs, bs had no dis-'Meanwhile, the men left in the Jcompartment continued to flood up. 'Willis realized that this was necessary as much as possible, in order to get the hatch to open' and remain open. This took another hour. When the final attempt was made, the water was up to the men's chins as they stood on the ladder, Jas high up under the hatch as possible, Three got up against the thatch, and the remainder pushed Jagainst them, At a signal from Willis, all pushed at once, and the /hatch opened. Willis, Nagic, Clarke jand Ah Hai reached the surface, but, Hews and Miao Chi did not.
Boats that had been waiting over the submarine took these men to TLM.S, Hermes immediately. All Were unconscious on reaching the surface except Nagle, but Willis and Ah Hai came to in the boat: Clarke suffered severely from }pains in his legs, but the other three were fit in a few days.
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