Tientsin, May 18, An honour, which has been given to only two other men in 25 years, was accorded yesterday afternoon to Chinese Police Inspector Chou En-jung, who died two weeks ago. 'The funeral, by special permission of the B.M.C., passed along the Victoria Road, past the dead man's old headquarters in the B.Mf.C. Police station, where a guard of honour presented arms as the' casket went by. 'The foreign mem-hers of the force, Captain Oldham, Police Superintendent, Chief Ins sector H. E, Almond, Assistant Inspector J. Kellacher, in charge of the guard, and Inspector P. J. Lawless, also' saluted.
ing to the high esteem in which he was held as well as to his family's high standing in the Chinese community, there were a number of high Chinese officials in' the cortege. Among them were Major-General Ting, Mr.
Ting, secretary to General Yang Lich, and Colonel Lulu, International Appreciation The honour of a public funeral the busiest street of the British Concession lias been extended but twice since 1900, The first one was that of Chang Yen-ma, who died in 1901, and the second, about eight years ago, the funeral of Viceroy Yang Tzehsiang.
In addition "to detachments of police from the French concession, the Ttalian concession, the 1st] Special Area and the Native city, there were two bands in the procession, one belonging to the Civil Governor and one from the Native city police.
The funeral was more than mile long and consisted of the usual features of native funerals, including a fine large picture of the honoured Inspector.
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