On behalf of the organizations that are privileged to have you as: their guest of honour, it gives me. exceedingly great pleasure to extend to you our most hearty welcome. Being an old friend of China guest like you calls for no introduction. All that we have to] say is to tell you how happy we:
to have you in our midst, how highly appreciative we are of your monuncental achievement in the world of journalism, and how, optimistic we are in our great faith in the magnificent success of your further undertakings on even a broader scope through such worldwide organization as the World Press Congress, through your immense influence in the newspaper world as a whole, and last but not least through your host of able students scattered in various parts of tha earth, "Dr. Williams, we are doubly happy to have you with us at this moment when we find ourselves at the threshold of a New China ro-rejoicing over the fact that with, the completion of the northern punitive expedition, the first and the militant period of our revolution is brought to a successful conclusion, This success makes possible the determined efforts of the nation to proceed with its lonzawaited reform of reduction of the riy. We are embarking on a huge undertaking which knows no bounds, and we feel convinced that our efforts will be crowned with' success, especially when friendly nations such as your own have tus enthusiastic assurances of their caxerness to face a new onder of things in China, to see the try relieved of ull the encumber which have been fastened upon it by the unilateral treaties.
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