IE, B. MeVay, 3m, com-the American Yangtze Patrol, was the guest of the Amer-tean Chamber of Commerce at Tuneheon at the Astor Grill on Tuesday, Mr, V. G. Lyman, acting Pre-of the Chamber in the absence lof Mr. P. P. Whitham, who is leave, presided.
Responding to an_ enthusiastic greeting by the Chamber, the Admiral said that America could be proud of the advance guard of her business men in the Orient, proud of the progress of American commerce in China and the ever-inereasing goodwill in the relations between China and her sister Republic across the ocean. It would be of interest to local business: men to know that he felt certain that patrol would be anguiner soon as Congress met again to provide the fands for construc-of the needed vessels. The Department of the Navy urged that two ships, speedy, of shallow draft, and 150 ft. in length should be sured for the upper reaches of the Yangtze, while closer to Hankow, four were proposed, of a length overall of 200 ft.
Paying a tribute to the splendid deficiency and loyalty of the river captains to their employers, the Admiral went on to remark that he knew they would rather take out their boat half an hour or an hour Jbefore the fixed time, than win $50 at poker—which was not usual for a sea-dog who loved poker—and "One master had made this year more than 25. trips—a worthy achievement.
Admiral MeVay felt rather in sulted, he added, that all the Amer-jean ships-had been fired at but his flagship. Why in all these, years bandits and marauders "had spared
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