A meeting of Englishmen took place at the Shanghai Club on Monday evening to consider Some means of celebrating ina suitable manner the birthday of His Majesty King Edward VII. Though called by the Committee of the St. George's Society, the meeting was open to any Englishman, Mr. H. if. Bevis, who presided, explained that it had' been intended to celebrate in some manner St. George's Day, 28rd April, but as that had been as anything else but an extremely satis-already appropriated and time was short where the proposal was first broached the matter was postponed until now. Since 1894, when x successful fete was held at Chang Ssu-ho's Gardens, Englishmen had not taken any opportunity of returning the hospitality extended to them so liberally by their fellow-subjects of the British Emptre
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