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London, Feb. 11.
The Chinese Art Exhibition at] Burlington House continues to command unabated attention. It sold today 40,000 tickets to school-children, and 18,000 to staff associations.
Interviewed, an authority at Bur ington House expressed surprise that [China kad not made more use of the exceptional publicity created by the Exhibition.
Dozens of inquiries, he said, had [been received asking where the canvas with which the walls of the galleries were lined, could be obtained. Apparently, he added. no Chinese Bhinks it worth while exporting the The 500 German professors and art! [students wko arrived yesterday on 'a five-day visit to the Exhibition are under the leadership of Dr. Cohn, of the Berlin Art Museum, who lived for many years in China. The party includes. Professors Rousell and Oppenheim, of the China Institute in Frankfort; Prof. Robert Schmidt, of the Schloss Museum in Berlin, which lent several art treasures; and other [specialists and collectors.
'A large number of ladies have also made the ip.
Pre-histerle bronzes caused the realest admiration.
Each German is allowed to spend only ten shillings daily.
On Friday morning, the party will tour the sights of London, and will return to Germany in the evening—Reuter.
Transfer wee to New York Untikely Nanking, Feb. 15. The transfer of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art to New York Is regarded here as being very unlikely despite the report that an American agent has arrived in Lon-/don to enter into negotiations on the subjeet—Reuter. buy our surplus, I am afraid that dropping the processing tax and acreage control, would result, with the ordinary. run of weather, in a repetition within a few years of the 1932 situation. No one wants a repetition for 1932."
Mr. "Hull's efforts to build up foreign purchasing power by negotiate {ing reciprocal tariffs have not gone very far, "so to prevent low prices and Inge surpluses of 1992 the Administration advance their sell conservation programme. Would it be constitution-jai? The Administration advisers think, '50, and point to a slatement in the majority opinion which runs as follows:
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