London, Apr. 21 Sir William Mitchell Ramsay Doctor of the University of Bordeaux and former Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen, died to: day at the age of 88:
Sir William was a member of the Imperial German Archaeological In stitute, a Professor of Classical at Oxford University, Levering himself without violence and as no aggression has been com-mitreed against any small nation for the Euroj concluded, thereby express!
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Japan Irked by Trend ro, Apr. 22.
Japan "may have to reconsider" her attitude towards British rights and interests in China should reported British plans for ce-operation with ares he Soviet Union include the Far East, the Kuokumin Shimbun," tionalist daily declared today.
"Under the pretext of protecting her rights and interests in China," the daily said in an editorial, "Great Britain is still open assistance to the regime of Gen. Chiang Kai-
Lecturer, at John Hopkins University Baltimore, and Rede Lecturer at Cambridge. He was also a member of the Archeological Society of Athens, and of the former Austrian Archzological Institute.
He was one of the original members of the British Academy. He held the L.W. Drexel Medal in the University of Pennsylvania for Archaeological Research, the Victoria Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, and the Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He was an Honorary Member of the Rumanian Academy.—Reuter Mr. Leo Dryden London, Apr Mr, Leo Dryden, musical star o the 190s, died here today at the age of 75. He was chiefly famous as the composer and singer of "A Miner's Dream of Home." Once he was ment, Britain intention of ce-operating with the Soviet Union, not only in Europe, but also in the Far East. This must be as indicating that Britain is assisting in the Bolshevization of Bast Asia by the Soviets. This amounts {o provocation directed against Japan."
The "Kokumin" expressed the be-het that anti-British sentiment in Japan would be further aggravated. Dopei. earning $300 per week, but in recent years he has been penniless and was forced to sing in the streets for pennies.—United Press Dr. Ivan Gubkin Moscow, Apr. 22 The Soviet Academician, Dr. Ivan Gubkin, the foremost scientist and the chairman of the Committee of Geology under the Council of Peop! Commissars of the U.S.S.R., died y terday after grave illness—Tass.
Washington Approves Mr. Herman Finch "Washington, Apr. 22.
Washington official quarters closely followed reports last night that the Soviet Union was on the verge of concluding a military alliance with Britain and France.
Although the, proposed alliance apparently is meeting with general approval here, it is not expected to rejuvinate Soviet-American relations and whioh have long been apathetic.
American authorities apparently believe that any outstanding cordiality between the United States and the Soviet Union at the present time would cause: Japan to strengthen her ties with the Rome-Berlin Axis and consequently produce an even more tense Pacific situation—United Press.
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