Meanwhile, the Chinese Minister inquiring whether the Duchess of Kent will consent to open the exhibition of contemporary Chinese art {o be held in London next February. Sir Austen Chamberlain, former Foreign Secretary, and Lord Hailsham, Secretary of State for War, are expected to lend their patronage by joining the organizing committee.
What with the two forthcoming art exhibitions, the presence of two Chinese missions in the country and the concern felt over the Chinese silver situation, China is looming extremely large in the English papers nowadays.
'Gen, Vu Pei-peng, Vice-Minister of Communications in the Chinese National Government and concurrently Quartermaster-General of the Chinese Army, fas practically' finished his investigations. He expects to spend Christmas on the South coast and to leave for America on January 2.
Accompanied by Mr. Quo Tai-chi, and Gen."Hsu Ting-yao, hero of
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