The tributes to the work of the Royal Asiatic Society now forth coming are highly encoi those who are endeavour) up public interest in the completion of the Society's financial resources for the opening of the new building established lines, "A™ remark= able account of the Society's history hag been given by a core respondent who modestly refused to reveal his identity and Mx. Sowerby is able to. adduce another sound argument making the Society's Tibrary and collection accessible the public and to the Society's off-cers at an carly date, There is no doubt that the right course is, to stimulate public interest. The Shanghai Municipal Council in. this journal's opinion, has shown prac~ tical sympathy has done jsnuch as it consistently can in the light of its financial obligations to Shanghai as a whole. Endeavour to rely on a wider basis of support by means of direct appeals to the bli is to be more warmly come muded than the presentation of the Society in the dubious guise of an importunate suppliant for furs ther benefits from public funds, Director supporters give the Society added independence and vigour:
rulous claims on the. Council's finances, especially at, time, are apt to impair its "bel Cc Ss ExSer Last winter when'ex-Service men rushed to join up in the emergency Just as the pipes minister to the grim inspiration of Scottish valour, so does joyousness on 2 day of remembrance help to brace the men and women of the Land of the Heather for the task of keeping the flag flying in the dark days ahead. And no small credit is theirs in the generosity which invites so many of the other nations to bear them company in rejoicing.
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