THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1991.
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OUR LONDON LETTER. BRITISH OPINION AND THE ANGLO- JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
pai” as a friendly act on the part of Great Britan."
Another point urged upon Lord Curzon as Foreign Miniator is that no agreement affecting China or its sovar-
VIEWS OF THE CHINA ASSOCIATION rights should be concluded by foreign Rovers otherwise than in con- IN LONDON, AN
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Lady. Raadolph Churchill, who has died following a serious operation, was LONDON, July 7th.",
Fong of the most remarkable women of A BOCIETY WEDDING.
The late Lady Curzon once the age. A good deal of interest has always been aptly described her by saying Lady taken in the matrimonial affairs of the
Randolph was the only person who Mariborough family since the day, now lives on the crest of the wave and a distant, when the present Duke took to always fall of vivacity and success." The wife Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter daughter of a wealthy American, Lady of the late mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, Randolph met her first husband during GALCUTTA LINE:-This Line affords regular salling to Calcutta, Penang and the American millionaire. The gossips Cowes Week, and became engaged to him
of talking after three days' acquaintance.
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SHANGHAI via BWATOW KAIPHONG v KOIHOW KOBEL SHANGHAI ** HANGKOK VIE SWATOW SHANGHAI & TIMOTAU VIKUWATOW "HOPSANG SANDALAN
ago
Ever of the estrangement of the ducal
since, she held a foremost position in came the recently couple, and
the highest circles of English Society. petition of the Duchess for a divorce, That she was able to win such a place wirich was daly granted. Last month the from the outset is proof of her clever SHANGHAI Duke married another wealthy American ness, The American heiress was then, t lady, Miss Gladys Deacon; and this week unknown in English Society.
his former wife married also for the In her widowhood Lady Randolph inter- second time, the bridegroom being Colested herself in many causes. Louis Jacques Balann, a French officer who was chief of the French Aviation Bervice in England during the war. 1 was a very quiet affair, performed at Register Office. off the Strand, and followed by an ecclesiastical ceremony at the Chapel Royal, Savoy.
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The precautions for ensuring strict secrecy at the church were elaborate and complete. The main gates were kept locked. The only people in the body of the sacred building were the bride's eldest son, the. Marquess of Blandford, with his wife, his brother, and the re presentative of an evening newspaper. an address by the Some passages in officiating clergyman are regarded de cidedly pointed in meaning. God has brought you," he said to the bride, at Last to peace after all the storms and struggles which some people suffer more than others in the world; He has brought you to a haven of a new simplicity.".
The age of the bride was given as 41, and that of the bridegroom na,*59. He is a slim, dark man, well-known in French sporting circles, and is reputed to be very wealthy.
THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
Among MANILA other interests which she cultivated wast journalism. She started the Anglo- HAIPHONG Sazon Revit, a most sumptuous produc- Astrak tien which died young. A host of titled BORNEO People contributed to it, and this gave point to the gentle sarcasm of E. V. Luces in the lines:-
Hare your beard of the wonderful magasine TIENTSIN Lady Randolph's to edit, with help from BANGKOK
the Queen?
It's a guinea a number, ton little by half, For the crowded beads of Europe are all
"on the stuff!
Lady Randolph's pride in the success of ber brilliant son, Mr. Winston Chur- chill, was wonderfully touching, and he repaid her with whole-hearted devotion. BOLICITORS GRIEVANCE.
As a result of an agitation- which has been going on in legal circles for some time, the Lord Chancellor has appointed a Commission to deal with solicitors' charges and consider whether it is essential that
amore liberal and rational system of remuneration should be catablished." The subject of legal charges is of course, an old story. It Considerable confusion of thought has has provided a standing joke for writers and after-dinner been apparent in the Press opinions of light literature here in respect of the Anglo-Japanese prators. But if what the profession say Alliance. The general assumption was be accurate, the bill of costs is the bug- that the treaty would automatically bear of a solicitor's existence. It takes cease to be operative after July 13th.a long time to prepare, and even then But the Preas are not really at fault. In the. Taxing Master may refuse to pass
it. official circles opinion was quite on the The proposal put forward on the part same lines until a few days ago. Indeed, the Dominion Premiers who have come of the profession is that a lump sum over for the Imperial Conference were should be chargeable for services render
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lapse on the day in question unless specifically renewed.
ed instead of a detailed statement show- ing the why and wherefore of every 68. Bd. and 13s. 4d. which are now The explanation now given is that levied on the client. Another suggestion the law officers of the Crown were wrong is that, instead of the six-and-cightpenny considering that the Note sent to the method, a percentage should be charged League of Nations last July constituted on the amount of the claim recovered a denunciation of the treaty. This week or successfully resisted. the Lord Chancellor, as the highest law. many difficulties about this. A cusé in- officer of the Crown, has, it is announ- volving a question of "principle" was ced, reversed the previous decision of once carried through the Courts to the
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THE INDESTRIELLE DE CHINE.
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It seems that a year ago Great Britain mise case proposed to denounce the treaty with a view to substituting another for it, but. it is found that it has not been possible to decide in time about the subatitate. The treaty, therefore, continues, and even if it were denounced now it would provided for in the instrument itself. THE LORD.CHANCELLOR'S PART.
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The Manchester Guardian has some pertinent comments on the muddle re- garding opinion about the treaty. The paper says it is difficult to see where the Lord Chancellor or the other law officers come in at "au. The denunciation of treaties, as well as the begotiation, is a function of the Executive. The Ereaty very clearly gives either of the High Contracting Parties
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Various reasons are current in London for the failure of the Banque Industrielle de Chine, announced this week in Paris. it is said by some that the bank get into difficulties because of the sudden fall in ocean freights, by which it found itself very heavily compromised. reason, which is probably nearer the truth, attributes the failure directly to the slump in cotton and silk prices. As you are well aware, the bank had its headquarters in Peking; and there were branches in the Far East, as well as in France, London, and New York. The French Government tried to avert the disaster by a loan of the hundred mil or france, a guarantee being required, the right but this help proved insufficient...
According to advices from Paris, the potify "twelve Thanhs before the ex- piration of the said ten years the inten-failure is likely to have a double effect tion of terminating it. If that was the politically. In the first place the posi intention of our Government in 1820- tion of M. Briand has been strengthened and obviously it was, since we told Japans regards foreign affairs. Support will and, the Dominious sc, and since the be given to the volume of opposition now Government proposed only the other active as regards what is described as day to renew the treaty for a period of French foreign adventures. Then, it is three months-it mattered little in what also said that by the failure French in- form it was expressed, so long as the fluence has suffered a set-back in China, other contracting party was made aware and French trade must inevitably, be of it. It is not a question of law bat of affected in this great market in conse policy. The Guardian suggests that the quence. I give this as the opinion cur British Government intended last year tent in Paris without, of course, ventur to denounce the treaty, but could noting to offer any comment. get another instrument ready to take CHINESE FINANCE NOT AFFECTED." its place within the twelve months. The way of escape from the difficulty was to renew the treaty for a short period. (the three months as proposed) or "discover". that the treaty was never, after all, denounced. The Lord Chancellor made the, welcome discovery.
VIEWS OF THE CHINA ASSOCIATION:
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance being a "question of the hour at the time of writ ing, the China Association took occasion to pat certain views before the Foreign Minister. A letter was sent to Lord Curzon by the Association, signed by chair Mr. Frederick Anderson 초청 man, stating that," according to London representations received in from China" a strong feeling exists
your side that
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Immediately on the publication of the failure of the Banque Industrielle de to the Chino in the Press, Mr. B. Lennox Simpson, Political Adviser Chinese Government, who is residing at the Hotel Victoria in London, issued a statement pointing out that the mainstay of Chinese finance is not the European Banks which, he says, are primarily concerned with exchange banking at the Treaty Porte-but the Chinese banking group organised in opposition to the Consortium. He emphasises the fact that Chinese credit will in no wise be affected by the failure of the Banque Industrielle de Chine.-H.B.
CRUSHING RETOET.
of the stipulations of the treaty has not Beon carried out in practice the clause for the preservation of the common in- terests of all Powers in China by ensur- ing the independence and integrity of the Chinese Empire and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerce and industry of all nations in China. ing his hat there when he went to get
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AN INCIDENT AT LORD'S. At Lord's the other day an Australian spectator who bad occupied one of the free seats, asserting his tepancy by leav
As a concrete instance in support of a cup of tea, found on his return that a the above assertion" the Japanese action small weedy individual had annexed it. in Shantung is specifically mentioned. When rebuked for ignoring an unwritten "We are informed that the situation law of the ground, the usurper challeng there, the letter proceeds, is stilled the other to turn him out A fracas unsatisfactory. The Chinese view is that was out of the question, so the Aus the terms of the treaty have not been tralian quietly observed: "You would conscientiously carried out, and that a keep to this custom it you wore a gen renewal of the treaty on the same terms, tleman, but you're a thing that comes after this non-fulfilment, would be tants out of cheese." A roar of laughter from amount to a recognition of the statue the neighbouring spectators greeted this qué, and could not, therefore, be looked crushing reply.
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