Popular Chinese Minister in London London, Nov. 23.
A farewell banquet given at the Lyceum Club to the Chinese Minister, Mr. Sao-ko Alfred Sze, and Madame Sze, was attended
son ages, including Sir John Jordan, number of distinguished per-Sir Charles Addis, and Sir John Yilley, Chief Clerk of the Foreign Office:
Sir John Jordan, in proposing Mr. Sze's health, expressed the conviction that the President of tha Chinese Republic would, through his personality, soon unite North and South China, Mr. Sze, in reply, after thanking the company for the kind—sentiments which they had expressed, emphasized the adaptability of the Chinese race, which, he said, had enabled China not only to survive through the ages as a nation, but to adopt the most advanced form of Parliamentary Government, namely, Republicanism.
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