Lord Lytton, head of the League mission which went to Manchuria to investigate the Mukden incident of september, 1932, paid the following tribute to' Mr. Wang:
knew Mr. Wang Ching-wel well. He always took the chair at the meetings of our Commission in Peiping and Nanking. He was remarkably lucid and clear-sighted, and handled the meetings in am cellent manner.
"I frequently met him privately and was greatly struck by his per~ sonal charm and ability, his convineing sincerity, and his' devotion to the development of a constitutional government in China. He ig un-Questionably a great" man and a Patriot. I grieve to hear of the das-hardly attack, and T sincerely hope he recovers both for his own Jand for the sake of China,"—Re Shanghai Reaction News of the attempted assassination of Mr. Wang Ching-wei caused con-stomation in Shanghai, Paulo was experienced both in the gold bar and Government bond markets, following the receipt of the information, and the Morning trading in bonds hed to be suspended, after a sharp drop in prices,
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