M. Bain supported the in the name of membeca of the St. Andrew's Bociety. of Shanghai. We had got to rise, 1 occasion, he said, and. he proceeded to consider the pounds, shill inge and pence of the proposition, pointing out the difference, between incomes here and at home, and alluding appropriately to the. increasing income. tax. The preset was no occasion. for damping or suppressing. exthusiawn. snd We might—shout Pitile "Britannia," but must not forget to pay our bare towards maintaining that rule (applanes). Mr. Bain concluded his speech with @ little couplet; which "brought down the house" modest poetry, but cxpreaag "a "To rise and break the Kaiser'
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extremely.popalar sentiment.
Mr. H. G. Simms spoke on behalf of St. Patrick's Society, pointing to the fact that in both the Army and Navy Irishmen were doing their utmost in the country's cause, A Fighting Welsh Speech, The Rev. Hopkyn Rees ably -re presented the Welsh community of Shanghai—the men, and the we men, of Harlech. He told a story—it ip the privilege of the clergy to tell stories at public meetings: Bishop Molony did the same thing—the story of a little girl who called upon the Lord Mayor of Car-cliff and offered her services: could darn, sew on buttons, write letters, and make tea; and she re quested to be sent to France. The example is obvious. The speaker paid an eloquent tribute to the sailors undergoing the wearing, tearing vigil of the North Bes, and the soldiers fighting in terrible: winter conditions, and pictured the Yorkshire coast battered by the Herodians of the new culture, and Belgium devastated. Victory would be the only assurance that:. this curse shall never again cross. the path of the nations, he declared: amidst cheers. The day could not long be deferred now wher: thie towering structure of arrogant militarism would be demolished once for all. He believed: in our cause with all his heart, and though a Minister of the Gospel, he daily': the Christ he served te give.victory to the Allies.
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