Dean Williams, who on rising to! respond was greeted with applause, said that he considered it a great honour to have the privilege of again meeting his friends and to be the recipient of the hospitality spor for the gathering: Ha) of the various organizations re-
considered it a special privilege to be in China at the present time when the Republic of China ws coming into its own among the great nations of the earth, and he esteemed it especially a privilege, to be here at a time when America, showing its historic and continue interest, had given another instance of its regard in connection with Tariff Autonomy. American citizenship should, and he thought it did, jerry a franchise for fairness and goodwill: it should not be merely 'a shield for material or commercial selfishness nor should it ever be Jan excuse for exploitation. Ameri citizenship was a public trust and should not be under any circum stances merely a cover for private material or military greed.
"If there ever have been in Shanghai or in China Americans: who do not show or represent the and thought of America regard to. their position and obligations in China, it is because, they have failed to understand the policy and spirit of the republi your sister republic across. the Pacific Ocean, For the United Slate of America has in regard to China only the desire that it should be a united and peaceful and prosperous China, secking the highest interests of all its people independent and. equal ation among the other nations of the world, said Dean Williams.
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