NOTES AND MEMORANDA.
A 6ocial and darc>j wi'l 1*? h..'3J in th» Wbalston. Hall to-monow night in iid of the WoolMon Memorial Fund.
One of the most roinuntic figures in tho diplomatic world has just arrived ill London in Dr. Wellington Koo, tho new Chinese Minister, who stands for the spirit of young China. At tho 0g» of 34, says au English paper, he comos to London from "Washington, where ho was appointed Chinese Minister nt the extraordinarily early ago of 2S. Hi* splendid intellectual equipment WJti (rifts of statesmanship were recognised at the Peace Conference in P»na'and at the League of Nations Assembly, where he represented his country. Dr. Koo was born near Shanghai, and was educated at Columbia University. On his return to China President YuanShih Kaiinade hi'.n one of his weretaneK; lie became couusollor to th» Foreign Office,' and then he went as Minister to Mexico. "He has the spirit of a boy with the wisdom of an elder statesman," was the tribute of one of his admirers.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17108, 1 April 1921, Page 10
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