Much regret will have been felt at the death of 'Mr. John Nathaniel Behrens, a brilliant young diplomat whose Tong struggle with the ness which proved fatal had aroused hopes fof a recovery in spite of all. th serious implications involved. Afr Behrens, after four years' service in the Foreign Office and at Belgrade, was appointed to Peiping in 1932. quickly established a reputation for hhimselt here in China and hig tact, ability and courtesy were much ap-Jprecisted by all who came in contact with him. He also possessed the finer, qualities of character which made for him many friends and admirers, who all the more grieve that a career proming so richly has been prematurely Jended. Mr. Behrens was closely allied to the great family of Rothschild, for his mother is the sister of the present Lord Rothschild and, the daughter of the first peer who was the grandson Jof the Nathan Rothschild of Waterloo Hfame and, therefore, the great grand-ison of Mayer Amschel Rothschild Frankfort.
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