Shanghai, June 7.
NLY by a spirit of friendly ce-operation with the Japanese people could there be any bright prospects for British trade in the Far East, This was the purport of a statement made yesterday by Sir George Riddoch Campbell, Senior Resident Partner of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Ca, in India, and Lord Inchcape's senior managing partner in that country, when interviewed by a repre~ sentative of the "North-China Daily News".
Sir George Campbell, accompanied. by Lady Campbell, has been engaged on a. business tour in Japan and places en route from India, and he Will leave "Shanghai today on the P. & O. liner Carthoye for Singapore and Calcutta, 'Connected with shipping since 1903, when he joined the Glasgow firm of 'Thomas Law & Ca,, Sir George went to India in 1909, joining Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Ca, in Calcutta, He is. 'a Leader, European Group' of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, and in 1995 to 1998 was a member of the Council of State, New Delhi. Other offices he has held include:—President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Associated Chambers of Commerce, India, and President of the Calcutta Burns Club, During the war he served with the Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, and later, the Highland Light Infontey. In 1918-19 he saw service on the North-West frontier with the D.C.O, Lancers, in which Regiment he held the rank of Captain.
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