CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 240

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all the way from Chẳngwang-tao nertu of Peking, which

naturally entaile heavy transportation charges and

considerable delay. It is natural therefore that

Hongkong should be on the look-out for some better

source of supply on the mainland opponite within

reasonable distance: nor can any legitimate

exception be taken to their doing so. The Ader

that Hongkong is trying to sollar and throttle the

development of Kwangtung is absurd, but is one of

these fantastis atɛtments which it is difficult te

disprave.

Aussolated Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai,

This body met in levember 1919 and ranged over a

variety of subjects. They certainly advocated the

new policy of international co-operation as opposed to

the eld interactionsi rivalry, and Kr.Lamont, the

American representative of the Consortium then at

Poking, did the sme. But that is no reason why the

Shanghai Bank, or rather a British business house in

which the Bank may be interested, should not

simultaneously

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