At 12.30 in the hall of the Shanghai Club a big crowd also paid a slent tribute to the dead. To the beat of the drum, hundreds of members and their friends filed into the hall. At the conclusion of the lament, "Flowers of the Forest," on the pipes, played by Pipers Maclennan and Cook, of the Shanghai Scottish, S.V.C., the company bent their heads for two minutes in remembrance of the toll of human lives in Flanders fields. Then the tension was broken by Drummers Jack, Tod and Gray, of the Shanghai Scottish, after which "Highland Laddie"' was played by the pipers.
Memories of the first Armistice cay, when the nations rejoiced and the long struggle ended, were recalled Goring the evening. Members of the United Services Association with their French and other comrades fore gathered at the Cercle Sportif Francais, where the annual dinner was held, followed by. a jovial evening. Similar rejeicings took place at the Shanghai Club, which gave a dance.
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