The Reports of his Appointment to the Foreign Ministry: Dr.
Koo's Disbelief:
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Great Britain, was among the passengers who arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday morning by the P. & O. Khyber from London. Dr. Koo was accompanied by Madame Koo and their three children, as well as three secretaries and a governess.
Several hundred people were at the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Hongkew Wharf when the liner came alongside to welcome China's youthful but distinguished diplomat. These included Mr. Hsu Yuan, Special Commissioner of Foreign Affairs; Messrs. S. K. Chen and N. T. Yang, secretaries of the Bureau, Judge S. K. Loh, representing General Ho Feng-ling, Military Governor of Shanghai and Sungkiang; Dr. C. T. Wang, Direc-for General for the Rehabilitation of Shantung Rights, Mr. Chow Chang-yao, Director of Revenues; Mr. Li Tah-ching and Mr. S. K. Tsao. After shaking hands with a number of prominent Chinese, Dr. Koo proceeded to his house in Burkill Road in a motor car placed at his disposal by Mr. Hsu Yuan.
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