Mr. Atlanson said that In his younger days attitude of the Chinese towards the foreigner was very much better than it Is now, and in those ays & Chinese always treated. for= with the utmost respect, however, see any truth in stigestion that the day of the foreigner in China was nearly over ud that he would soon be compelled to leave the country for good and all, North China, he said, had developed remarkably under foreign influence since his youth, Sine living in Shanghai, Mr. Allanson has worked for a number of different enterprises, including the China, Japan Trading Company. Messrs. George Parnell, and Messrs. Dyce and Ca,, afterwards forming his own business. He was engaged In the share business right up to {wo or three years ago, Mr. Allanson revealed the fact that ho had been an enthusiastic reader fof the "North-China Daily News" for the past 50 years, and ud been a Fexular subscriber when it had a circulation of only one thousand a day. He still finds time to peruse lis columns every day, and declares that he finds it most reliable, both in its presentation of local and foreman news. Most of his time nowadays he spends reading, chatting with old friends, or, perhaps, taking a quiet aap and recalling the "old days" when Shanghai was still but a small town at the beginning of its development into one of the Jargest cities in the P222SSsSS3SS S S S S S S SSS
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