25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 279, 22 August 1934, Page 8

25 YEARS AGO

United States in China (From "The Dominion/’ August 21, 1009.) With regard to the new railway loan arrangement in China —under which United States financiers gain a footing along with British, French, and German—the United States Government is elated at the success of Mr. Fletcher, United Estates Charge d’Affaires in Peking, in negotiating the agreement. The Government considers that Americans have now notified China, equally with Europe, of their intention to obtain a full share in the industrial and commercial development of China. President Taft is persuaded that China is about to enter on a period of great development, offering a unique opportunity for foreign investment. . » * *

A correspondent writes in the Westminster Gazette” :—“Others besides myself will be moved by feelings of almost intolerable humiliation and distress on reading tiiat the richest country in the world has brought itself to the pitch of bestowing upon the granddaughters ot Charles Dickens the magnificent gift ot —£2s apiece." * t

A movement, has been started to present a colossal organ to St. I etcr s. at Rome, on the occasion of the Pope s episcopal jubilee. # *

Four members of I he Women’s Freedom Lea-ue have been arrested in connection with an attempt to intercept Ihe British Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) outside his official residence..