Tablets of Honour from Marshal)
Sun Chuan-fang, A pretty ceremony took place at the French Consulate-General on Thursday mor when three tablets of honour, written by Marshal] Sun Chuan-fang personally, were resented by the Tupan of the Five Eastern Provinces to M, Naggiar, the French Consul-General; Meyrier, the Consul; and Capt. Fiori, the Chief of the French Concession Police.
The presentation was made by Mr, Kingson. S. Y, Wang, acting Chief] Secretary of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs ang personal representative of Mr, Hsu Yuan, the Foreign Commissioner, who was instructed. to make the presentation on behalf of Marshal Sun. Tre tablets were conveyed to the Consulate-General from the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, in special sedan-chairs, supported by} four carriers each. They were accompanied by ten members of tac Shanghai and Woosung Police and the native police band belonging te Gen, Yen Chun-yang, the Commissioner. At the gate to meet the procession were half a dozen Annamite police and a number of French and Chinese officers.
In making the presentation, Mr. Wang expressed Marshal Sun's best wishes to the recipients and asked them to accept me tablets with highest regards. Marshal Sun, who, desired that the existing friendly; relations between the French and Chinese officials and the French and.
Chinese people should continue, preciated the willing 5 which the French authorities had always come to his assistance in times of need and what they had done for the Chinese in connexion with the unfortunate May 30 it. cident of last year. For this he desired to express his thanks in a Jumble manner.
The recipients responded in ap-[propriate term:
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.