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Show I BRITISH ALARMED AS AMERICANS BUY ART LONDON. June 3. (By the Aaao-, elated Press.) To the many recent complaints of lost art treasures through purchases by Americans. Sir Robert Witt-udded another warning this week when he presided at the annual an-nual meeting of the national art collection col-lection fund at the Uurllngrton house. "It is my duty." he said, ' to Warn the society at the present moment that one of tho greatest masterpieces la In danger of leaving this eountrv. more than ono masterpiece, which no country can afford to lcs- e ' so Impressed with tb gravity of the ( position that we are prepared to lUpU.j port the chancellor of the excheQu- In any method short of confiecatlon which will keep these masterpieces in j tho country." Sir Allied Mond said that in these days It was necessary to enlist the pennies ft-om the millions. "The rleh are too poor to be able to afford to do much." he addod. "It ls not dif ficult to understand why ThB many public opln'! rople nm lea prepared to pay largo flB beautiful works of art." |