Peking, March 1.
A large and brilliant gathering including members of the Cabinet and a representative of "President Hsu Shihchang assembled at the station this morning to bid farewell to Sir John Jordan. There was an imposing guard of honour composed of the 18th infantry with a Chinese band and detachments of Chinese, American, French, Italian, Japanese and Dutch troops. But the send-off was a sad one, the sense of personal loss being' apparent among all present—Reuter.
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