Anxious to Stimulate British Interest in China London, June 8.
Declaring that he was most anxious to stimulate British interest in China, politically and economically, Mr. Li Ming, well-known Chinese banker of Shanghai, said in an interview to-day that he proposed to stay in England! for a month and a half.
He said he had plenty of business to do, apart from the marriage of hhis daughter, Bessie, with Mr. Sze Ming-sze. a doctor on the staff of St. Thomas's and son of Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister in" Washington, which will take place at the Chinese Legation on July 7.
Mr. Li Ming declared that he would see Sir Harry McGowan, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, and Sit Victor Sassoon to-day, and that he had many more interviews with leading British personages interested in the Far East, including Sir Roderick Jones, chairman and managing director of Reuters Ltd.
Mr. Li Ming said he spent four days in New York, during which ho addressed the China Society in the frankest terms on cOnditions in China and Chinese views on silver. He! Stated that he also had conversations} with the leading bankers, who were] much worried over the Securities Act. which made dificult a reconstitution of Dusinesses.—Reuter.
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