London, Aug. 31.
'A. subscription of £100 to a memorial fund which friends of the late Mr. Gareth Jones are raising with a view to establishing travelling scholar~ ships in his name attached to the University of Wales, was cabled today by the American newspaper over and publisher, Mr. William Rendolph Hearst, 'The ale Mr. Jones, who was formerly secretary to Mr. D. Lloyd George and who had gone to the Far East some months ago as correspond-lent for the "Manchester Guardian, was captured by bandits on July 27 while travelling from Dolonor' to Kalgan, On August 14, his bullet Fidden body was found near Pao-chang, south Charhar.—Reuter, Dairen, Aug. 29.
The new president of the South Manchurian Railway, Mr, Matsuoka, on his arrival here this morning, emphatically" declared: "I shall do whatever is in my power, conscience permitting. 1 shall take dictation from anyone, I shall not be a robot' president, I shall willingly step out whenever 1 am not Me. Matsuoka unmistakably intends to exert a virile leadership, and his assertions in connection with the residency of the railway are creat ing widespread sensation here.
'Mr. Matsuoka also warned press. against conjecturing too much concerning "Manchurian activities, especially concerning his own plas, n shoestring' information—Reute Dairden, Aug. 29.
Mr. Matsuoka formally assumed his new duties to-day. He will leave for Changchun to-morrow or on, Saturday to witness the narrowing of the guage of the Chinese Eastern Railway but is has not yet been Geeided whether he will travel. to Warbin as a passenger on the first trip of the stream-lined (rain Asia, United Press
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