The Archive · 1934

Mr. Wedgwood Benn in Nanking

Nanking, May 18.

The Rt Hon. Wedgwood Benn, former Secretary of State for India, arrived here this morning from Hangchow. He was a guest of Mr. AP. Blunt, the British Consul-

General at luncheon, and attended 3 tea party given in his honour by Mr. 'Sun' Fo, president of the Legislative Yuan. Later in the afternoon he interviewed Mr. Wang Ching-we president of the Executive Yuan.

Mr. Wedgwood Bean and his wife arrived in Shanghai from Japan on May. 7 and are making a short stay China studying conditions before! continuing on @ trip which will take them through Russia on their way!

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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