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A slight decrease in the number of meetings and discussions attended by Addis, who nevertheless continues to serve on Bank of England committees, the China Indemnity Committee, the boards of P&O and Eastern Telegraph Company, the Universities' China Committee and St Felix Council, Royal Institute of International Affairs committees, as well as the Bank of Morocco and the Reichsbank; increasing references to affairs in China with Addis expressing anxiety over developments in Peking and urging moderation and recognition of the South; also theatre and concert visits and family matters.
JANUARY Death of Rev. Severne Majendie, clergyman and friend, 5; anxious over affairs in China but opposing a financial blockade of Hankow 'as futile, likely to hurt us more than the Chinese', 13; discussions with Revelstoke and Cullen over the bank rate; ill with influenza; to Berlin.
FEBRUARY Speaks on China at the Forum Club and to the Young Conservative Association; anxiety over news from Lisbon, Portugal, 'Navy has gone over to Revolutionaries', 8; attends a memorial service in Westminster Abbey for the Emperor of Japan; begins work as intermediary between Lloyds Bank and the Eastern Bank for the purchase of the Indian business of Cox & Co.; attends meetings of US Debt Committee, Bank of England Committees of Treasury and on the rotation of governors and the China Indemnity Committee.
MARCH Takes part in unsatisfactory discussion at the Bank of England with Norman on the bank rate; attends meetings on Lloyds Bank business and on Commonwealth banks; involved in meetings and telegrams with Leveson and Stabb over the action of A.W. Edwards, the new acting Inspector General of Customs in Peking, over payment of the 1896 Chinese loan; to Paris and Berlin.
APRIL Morocco and Spain with wife and two children for holiday and Bank of Morocco business; attends Eastern Telegraph Company and Committee of Treasury meetings and visits Foreign Office to discuss China; 'I am all for patience.' 28.
MAY Family visit to Edinburgh; to Berlin for discussions and signing of a report on the Gold Discount Bank, followed by talks with Norman at the Bank of England and a return visit to Berlin; to Paris; to the Foreign Office to discuss the Nanking Railway; daughter Margaret presented at Court.
JUNE Continuing work on Lloyds Bank business; attends Committee of Treasury and US Debt Committee meetings; advice sought on a telegram from Madame Sun Yat-sen on affairs in China.
JULY Continued discussions with Leveson, D. Landale and Stabb on Chinese affairs; 'We cannot agree. They are die-hards with regard to China and want force', 8 attends royal garden party; son Tom returns from Hong Kong; to Berlin.
AUGUST To Ethie Castle, Scotland for family holiday.
SEPTEMBER Return from holiday; son John to Rugby school, Warwickshire; to Berlin
.OCTOBER Annoyed by Stabb who arranged a meeting with the French about the British and Chinese Corporation (B&C Corp.). overdraft without consulting Addis; Committee of Treasury meetings, to Paris, takes part in discussion about wireless with the Eastern Telegraph Company and at the Foreign Office on transferring British railway interests in Manchuria to Japan.
NOVEMBER Attends meetings on German foreign exchange policy, of Universities' China Committee, the P&O and the Committee of Treasury; refuses request to join the board of the National Bank of New Zealand; to Berlin.
DECEMBER Awarded Japanese honour of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd order; attends discussions on the chairmanship of the British and Chinese Corporation (B&C Corp.) and the position of the governor of the Bank of England and at the Treasury on relationships with Berlin; 'I represent all the Allied Governments', 9; working on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Chairman's speech; to Paris.
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