living on the French pupils of the French Municipal Chinese School with thei tious and friends attended at the Muni Hall on Saturday afternoon to present an address and a "myriad name umbrella" to M. Kraetzor on the occasion of his departure for Peking. The salon of the Municipality was tastefully decorated with mottos flags, evergreens and flo the brilliant lamps burning, pretty effect. Two of the shields bore mottoes meaning The school: French school to their Ber the diiis with M. Kraetzor were of ladies, and members of the French Con. sular Service, and some of the members by Chinesoresidents sion was rend in Chinese ment of s good official causes general joy, in-your casa the fooling has boon justified:
oreiguers and Chinese alike have earned to esteem your name. You arrived here after a time of trouble, and have seen peace, prosperity and amicable relations restored. Especially we would mention the free supply of water, which you have procured for us, a boon denied to the other Settlements, Now France and China are one family, and you have tightened the bonds between them by establishing a free school for Chinese of all classes. We are sorry to lose you, but we rejoice in the promotion you have received, xnd trust to hear on are goon made Blinister. We aredeeply grateful for your services to us, and had intended to offer you to-day an Umbrella of Honour, but it is not finished in time.
all sond it you as soon as it is ready. or made a reply which was inese and read by a native as -—Iam much touched by this exhibition of Chinese feeling; I have done nothing more than my predecessors, but T have been favoured by circumstances and the cordial assistance of the Municipal Council. Such manifestations as this are useful, as they show that the Chinese rothe Chinese. on both sides, \dship of the two groat nations' will be permanent; both were unhappy when they were disunited, both are happy again when confidence and friendliness return, as they have returned with us in Shanghai One of the pupi then stepped forward and read ch in French, to which Mr, Kractze
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