is the next public function: our Tientsin cousins have already elaborated a programme in which a banquet and a subsequent public reception are essential features. A large and influential section of the British Community has expressed a desire to ce-operate in showing respect "for the Queen's grandson and it i8 anticipated that 'a joint ball will be the result. The general amity of our social relations for the last two or three seasons is chiefly responsible for this happy coalition, At the same time it has not been forgotten by the British how spontaneously and handsomely the Germans acted on the occasion of the Jubilee last year. It is pleasant to chronicle the fact that these pleasant relations exist on both sides and that there is a generous rivalry in local amenities,
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