Mr. Daniel Roper Declares His Optimism Washington, Feb. 16.
Mr. Daniel Roper, Secretary of Commerce, announced here to-day that he believed a trade agreement between the United States and Britain would be worked out by late spring.
Canton, Feb, 17, The German Consul-General, Dr. Altenburg, chief representative of German interests in South China, has returned to Canton following an absence of 7% months, On arriving at the railway station he was wél-comed by the'German colony as well as numerous Chinese friends,—Trans-
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