Sir F. Leith-Ross Guest of Finance Minister: Hopes of Improving British Trade with China Nanking, Sept. 23.
In an exclusive interview. with a representative of the Central News Agency at the residence of Dr. H. H. Kung, whose guest he will be during his stay in Nanking, Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government, denied this morning that one of the purposes of his visit to China is to try link China with the sterling bloc.
Sir Frederick, accompanied by Ledy Leith-Ross, and Sir' Alexander' Cadogan, British Ambassador to, China, arrived in Nanking from Shanghai at 7 o'clock this morning board a special coach placed at his disposal by the—Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration, The distinguished visitors were greeted at the station by a representative gathering of Chinese and British officials, among whom were Jeepresentatives from the Ministry of Finance, the National Economic Council, and other government Organs,' and the British Consul in Nanking and Embassy. staff.
Immediately after "their arrival, the distinguished party were escorted im motor cars to the residence of Dr.
H.-H Kung, outside the Sun Yat sen Mausoleum Park.
Short Visit view of pressing engagements m Shanghai, the British Financial expert will remain in Nanking for only two or three days. He and Lady Leith-Ross expect to go back to Shanghai cither on Wednesday of Thursday at the latest, it is learned.
Sir Frederick met Dr,
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