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Dr. F. T. Cheng was born at Hsiangshan Hsien, Kwangtung Province, in 1884. He received his early education in Hongkong. In 1907 he went to London for higher education and in 1909 joined the University of London and graduated with honors in law in 1912. In 1913 he was called to the Bar, after which he did some rąsearch work and obtained a Doctorate of Laws of the University of London, being the first Chinese to obtain that honor. In 1916 he won the Quain Prize of the University of London in a public essay competition in international law. In the same year he