Miskin declared at the outset of his speech, were more serious than ever in the history of the bank. He welcomed the British Government's statement of last August promising al possible measures to protect British lives and interests."
After commenting on political issues in the Far East, the Chairman ventured the opinion that although foreign trade in the Treaty Ports had been affected, the catastrophe had perhaps been magnified, He expressed confidence in the recuperative powers of both a and Japan.
"It is, however, of the greatest immitted himself to the principle that the services should remain separate instead of being incorporated into a single Department of Defence.
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