Largely Attended Meeting as Tribute to Very Popular Chinese Merchant A memorial service for the late Mr. Chu Pao-san, former chairman of the: Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and a leading Ningpo merchant in Shanghai, was held at. the _Ningpo Residents' "Association /on Sunday afternoon in the pretence of approximately 2,000 relatives, colleagues and friends, who packed the assembly hall to capacity, Mr. Fu Sino-en, managing director of the Commercial Bank of China Jand present chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, presided over the gathering, which included several hundred foreigners.
Following musical selections by ese brass band, a bell was rung to call those present to order, after which Mr, Fu Siao-on addressed those present on the objects of the meetings and mentioned that fewer' than 80 different representa: tive organizations had joined together in honouring: the memory of Mr. Chu Pao-san, a, gentleman and a friend to all." "As a merchant, said Mr, Fa, Mr. Chu Paossan was known for' his shrewdness, his honesty and his integrity of purpose and, as a friend of the people, he had done much for their uplift and had taken part in countless charity sable activities, His work as chairman of the Chinese Geneval Chamber of Commerce would place Mr. Chu's name in the annals of history and he would never be forgotten, The chairman's speech over, Me. hange Chushsu, manager of" the Bank of Communications, delivered 4 brief resume of the life and coree of Mr. Chu, mentioning how he had feome to Shanghai xs a poor lad, expecting to find Shanghai a. place where he could make an easy living. After many. hardships, a stiff ruigele' against continued ladver~ sities, he had* worked his way" from the bottom rung of the Indder land finally had climbed to the top. Hi loss was sorely felt and St would be dificult to find somebody to Ail Following: further music, Mr. Li Chienshou read messages "of con dolences, after which all present rose together and offered three bows, in the presence of deceased's photograph which was hung: up over the platform, Then followed three minates? meditation.
After a chorus had led in singing the memorial song, addresses were Geliveced by Mr. Ma Hsiang-pay bbe the oldest merchant in but one of the most active jou charitable movements; Dr. Gilbert Reid, director of the International Institute; Dr. David T. Yui, general secretary of the National Committee of ¥. M.: C.
China; Dr. C. 'T. Wang, Premier and Minister Foreixn Affairs; Mr. Yuan Kuan-an; a member of the Chinese eral Chamber of Commerce; Mr, Yih Wei-chun, of the chairman of the Kiang Educational Association; Mr. Hsia Ssu-py, and Mr. Chen Vu-liang, director of the Cigarette Merchants Goild, After the addresses had been con-eluded, the members of the deceas-rae ed's family went on the platform and bowed thrice to the gathering as an expression of their gratitude, In view of the reports that certain members of the Seamen's Union, which was recently suppressed by the authorities, have been attempting to stir up. trouble, the Commissioner of Sung-Wu Police hus issued instructions to his men to keep a sharp look out for these men and to guard the Union's headquarters carefully. teresting spectacle at the present Tan Chinese city proynts an in moment, especially after dusk. Military and volunteer patrols, fall marching order, patrol the main streets, whilst centries are posted at intervals along all the lonely roads. and bodies of troops are on guard what are considered strategic points. The barbed wire entanglements and sandbag barricades a the French boundaries recall old memories. When dusk falls these barricades are closed, and no one, foreign or Chinese, may, pass. with-ut an officially. stamped certideate:
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