The Archive · 1908

X. National Convention

The Shanghai Association was the host of another gathering of considerable importance held in March, being the National Convention of the Associations of China and Korea. This was the triennial meeting of the Associations and two hundred delegates assembled from almost every province, representing all more than forty Associations (city and college.) It was attended by a ial representative of the Nanking Vicerny who carried greetings from His Excellency Tuan Fang. The meeting showed that there had been great advance along Association lines in the past three years expecially in the matter of Chinese leadership.

This Association sent six representa tives to the Conference of the World's Students' Christian Federation held in Tokio in April. For cosmopolitan representation, religions vigour, and the attention accorded it by the Government. this Convention surpassed any gathering of the kind ever held in East Asia,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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