"This does not mean that everything is as it should be, just yet. For instance, the floor of this dining-room should have. another super-structure of oak. Then, so I ayu assured by experts in the art of tripping "the fantastic toe, the pleasures of the sociable pastime of dancing to the accompaniment of suitable music will be increased several fold.
"In view of the _circunistances confronting Nanking, it will be admitted that the International Club a real place in meeting the need of the residents of this new AS has been well ing is a city of immense possibilities and sanguine promises. The experts attached to the Nan-Keng City Planning Bureau have formulated very interesting plans for the development of this metropolis, and, no doubt, we are eagerly looking forward to realization of that, vista now bel s0 enchantingly sketched for The consummation of those will take a few years, and International Club will the rallying centre for the social activities of its residents. Moreover, I feel confident that with the consummation of the elaborate plans of the Nanking City Planning Bureau, the International Club will have grown and developed likewise, that it will continue to maintain its place in meeting the needs of the residents of this city, The Fallacy of Epigrams This is because the International Club will find its raison d'etre in the promotion of international ndship. A celebrated Engl man has said: "East is East, West is West, and never the twain shall meet." ' As usual with such. iMusionment than to see this happy gathering and what it connotes. We live in the. days of international ce-operation, and it is only meet we should do all we can to promote better international relations, This Club is intended: as such, and it is our earnest hope, that, little by little, day by day, and one and all, we shall make it a point to promot better international—friendship, goodwill and understanding.
"With the formal opening of this Club the labours of its promoters and collaborators may' be said in one sense to have terminated, al though their ce-operation will' be Fetained no doubt until the Club has begun to find its feet. At any. rate, itis up to the members to say whether the Club is to fall or to succeed and I for one can never believe that those who are here, as well as others who have joined Sut are absent to-night, will be so inconsistent with themselves as to declare their willingness to join and then deliberately see it fail, Rather it may be postulated that by joining this Club they will pledge th selves, to ce-operate loyally with the Board of Directors and the various Committees and make it a Point of personal honour that the Club shall grow, develop, prosper and flourish with their" wholehearted ce-operation. Judging from the look of determination on the faces of the happy throng which it is my pleasure to address. this evening, T have every. confidence that the International Club of Nanking will not fail but will succeed and prosper as the days go by.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me to ask you to join me in drink-{ing most heartily to the success and prosperity of the International Club of Nanking—Kuo Min,
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