On Thursday afternoon th Chinese Young Men's Christian Association gave an informal reception honour of Mr. Alfred Sze and Dr. Wu Li-teh. The former is en route to London to take up ret Minister to Great Britain. latter is in charge of plague prevention in Manchuria, work which he gained international recognition a few years ago. The dining room of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. where the reception was. held was decorated with British and Chinese flags, and in attendance were fifty or sixty representative Chinese and a few foreign Mr. Alfred Sze left Shanghai yesterday morning on a Japanese steamer for London.
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