Responding, Mr. Aall said he had been deeply touched by the honour extended to him by. so many. important and representative organizations as he honestly felt he had done so little to deserve it. Continuing, he remarked that Norwegians had. come to. China entirely without political designs but merely for economic purposes, to engage in shipping, their most important interest here, and to sella little paper. Now he was going lo take a precious price of paper back with him in the form of the scroll, aparly to Take Over China Railways New Concern to Be Under B.M.R. Control Peiping, Sept. 8. ow company to be known as munications Company is being led by the Japanese to take over banagoment of various Govern-railways in North China from forth China office of the South buna Railway.
South Manchuria Railway will the controlling interest in the company, but it is believed that, the recently organized North h Telegraph and. Telephone pany, it will also admit the bibation of Chinese capital in form of the property of the is Chinese Government railways North. lis also learned that with the tion of the new company the China office of the S.M.R. and Hsin Chung Kung Shu, a subty of the SMR, formed two ago for the development of h China, will be abolished— just presented to him During his stay in China, and particularly in Shanghai, he had formed many treasured friendships with the Chinese and had been privileged to meet many of their leaders in various walks of life, These friendships and contacts he had always highly valued and they would ever remain ili his memory as gifts of great price. Furthermore, they had tremendously facilitated his duties both as the official representative of Norway and as Senior Consul. Representing a small" country was perhaps an advantage in some ways, as it enabled him to take a detached view of things. and to pursue his work undisturbed by fears of jeopardizing his own huge(!) national interests; He had every confidence in the future of this great country despite the ominous clouds at present hanging over it. However, he would invoke the trite saying that "every cloud has a silver lining," and he earnestly, hoped it would not be long before the sun indeed burst through the present pall of darkness and. gloom Touching the pun on hig name, he recalled that his father who was a judge, often signed his name A* 1°, which fitted in very well with the algebraic interpretation given by his hosts.
Concluding, he thanked his hosts most cordially for honouring him and for presenting him with te beautiful scroll, Doubtless it attributed virtues seilles Dockers to him which he did not possess, and commended deeds which he had not accomplished, but, at any rate, it would serve as a constant reminder ning to Term that he must give of his best, if only not to disappoint his well-wishers. He wished them all happiness, pros-
Government Assuming Port sperity and success.
Powers and Control Marseilles, Sept. 8. llewing the "mobilization" of the yesterday in an effort to break strike of dockers, requisition of port by the Government will place at 2 o'clock this afternoon.)vernment officials, assisted by naval authorities, will assume powers, while it is expected that dockers will be mobilized and yelled to work under naval vision. e action of the Government has cly hed a salutary effect on the ers, who agreed at a meeting evening to work on the condi-fixed by the Minister of Public ks, which they had previously fed.—Reuter.
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