Mourning for Me. K. P. King by Members of Scottish Rite There took place on Mond afternoon from 5% Paoshan Road, ithe first Masonic funeral ever held over the remains of a Chinese Mason in Shanghai. The deceased way Me, Kungpah King, aged 48, who was a returned student from England and a member of the Scottish Rite in Peking. 'The ceremony on Monday was performed by the local Scottish bodies by telegraphic request] from Peking, and the officiating 'Masons were oticers of the Shanhai Chapter Rose Cro'
Messrs. J. S. Potter, Chas. Trons, Win, Yi Adamson, Dr H.C. Mei, Luther Joe and others, including N. L, Han and Sohtsu' King, a brother of the deceased who ix the Peking Scot The late Mr, King was prominen* politically, and in Masonic circles. He was educated at King's College, London, graduating in 1905, and; returned to Shanghai, where he wes Immediately appointed a magistrate of the local Mixed Court, in which' position he ix remembered to this day for his upright character. He was later appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice and r2- mained in judicial office five years. He was an suther of many books prison reform and law—the! result of hix studies abroad. where he was sent as (China's representa-ive to the Washington Prison Conference—and was also a recognized authority on Chinese antique art, porcelain, paintings, as well ax an fexeellent' chirographer and wates solourist, as witnessed by the many beautiful <erolls and Iandseapes. in hig own home.
The Scottish Rite funeral ccreand rendered in a Chinese setting, becomes more so. The friends und relatives of the deceased as thy! gathered to witness the service conducted by-the foreign and
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