I now refer to the Chinese Government Foreign Loans, To me, as the man in the street in financial matters, it appears odd that any group el people should be permitted to be in China and to try to take over her assets while ignoring ber liabilities. As I see it, the right to collect China's revenues obliges the collector to pay her just dues.
I am glad to hear from the chairman that the Chinese Government will resume the full service of their obligations as soon as they are able. In doing this they will continue to hold our respect.
I fully share the chairman's view that Shanghai will recover its position, for I believe that natural things which have come into being of themselves will continue for the very reasons which created them. Nearer home Canton, cut off now from both China and the world, needing only confidence end contact for its restoration.
Likewise I am in accord with the chairman's remarks about Hongkong. I would like to see a greater pro-Portion of the Colonys revenue ploughed back into the Colony. It is a policy which I believe always pays, "ied as we are by so many bonds to a not fully developed China and so small when compared to her vastness, all we could hope is to bear a torch *o light her way.
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