May 22.
Sir John Simon has confirmed the intention of His Majesty's Government to exchange Ambassadors instead of Ministers with China, Great Britain thus keeps in step with Japan, the United States of America, ance and Germany who [om the physical condition of tors ign representation in China ean—not be satisfactorily judged at this Jumeture. The present anomaly whereby the headquarters of foreign diplomacy remains in Peiping while the Government of China resides in Nanking may not be [logically affected. Yet there sre grounds for the conviction that the arguments for closer contact with the actual capital of China will develop in strength. The British Government has intimated that it is enlarging its premises at Nanking with the object of ensure ing there a more extended sojourn for its chief representative. The little need to speak. The celebration of to-day is eloquent.
Insurance Society of Canton of that tims only remarkable for the fact that it was the birthday of the heiress to the throne of Great Britain. The Duchess of Kent sixteen years carlier had given birth to a Princess at Kensington Palace. The course of events between 1819 and 1835 made that Princess the future Queen, but although when the Union Insurance Society of Canton staried its career on her birthday, her long! eign was only two years from its commencement it is more than probable that no special significance was attached to what is now regarded clearly as a happy choice of an inaugural day. Edward Duke of Kenta martinet as a soldier—had married the sister of [claims, are so handled that that condition may be fulfilled. They will have to combine patience with discriminating firmness, They deserve the full sympathy and forbearance of the public in their dif cult task. Obviously the Bank's [closure represents a casually in the prevailing depression. In normal [conditions there would have been Ro reason to expect such a disaster. The various institutions concerned fare said to have an abundance of assets but, in the frozen state of the market, that fortunate circumstance was no practical protection. against the severe demands im-Posed upon them by the local stringency and the drain of the silver-purchasing operations on the other side of the Pacific. The Directors are credited with a desire to take all possible measures in
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