General, then rose and on behalf of the foreign community present, replied: as follows:—
Mr. President,—Allow me on behalf of the Toreien Community. in" Mukden extend to" sou our' very "eondial Hongame on hie sou crat vote gpnginteene ae me ce a 8 would lao" take this. op forint of"thanking "sen for_ the onerous hospitality which "you have how ws torn hee alluded. to. the pleasure off the latter form of entertainment at times, but of course Chefoo is not allowed to complain fount in view of the excellent climate it enjoys as compared with other ports. Despite the existence of numerous bars the general conduct of the sailors when ashore is good. This is, of course, fin the main due to an excellent system of patrol work by the Fleet police.
Up to the present we have not suffered from any great heat al though there hai several decidedly warm days. all the changes "of Presents and personnels feelings of Heep the foremen "community here and Sihich have always, been manifested by the Companys Te ie indeed eat ithe conditions Ihave been provided by this public spin:
enterprises When we travel $0, in every direction but, one by this BYaK it which ho provides luxurious MansHaL Wu Pei-fu has telegraphically instructed Gen. Sun Chuan-fang to prevent at all costs Gen, Lu. Yung-hsiang from gathering in the remnants of the mer eenaries of Wang Yung-chuan and fukien who have ug. Gen. La steadily increasing his} armed forees for some months past, and no doubt prefers partly trained men to ray countrymen.
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