Garden, This meeting was held under the auspices of the Chinese Merchants'
Protection Society of Shanghai at Chang Ssu-ho's garden on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of welcoming back Dr. Wu Ting-fang and Mr, Wang Wen-tien, delegates who had returned from the Philippine Exhibition recently, and to hear their report. A larg" number of people attended the meeting, th" seats in the Ankai Hall were all filled, both upstairs and downstairs. Taoyin Yang Cheng and Admiral Tsong Ju-cheng both sent representa tives, Chang Luhchiin, President of the Chinese Merchants' Protec: tion Society, who presided, explain.
the purposes of the rusting and introduced the speakers.
Among those who spaks, we may mention Dr, Wu Ting-fang, Mi} Wang Wen-tien, Dr. Gilbert Reid and Miss Shu Hui cheng, the last had her speech cut short bw the intervention of the Chairman owing to her allusion to the Japanese demands, as the meeting was held solely to discuss commercial topics.
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