Elaborate Preparations for Ceremonies Here and at Nanking Elaborate preparations were made by the Kuomintang to observe yesterday as a nation-wide memorial day on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
As has already been reported, the foundation stone for the $600,- 000 mausoleum for the remains of the famous Cantonese leader war be laid in the afternoon at 3 o'clock by Mrs, Sun (his wife) and Mr. Sun Fo (his son), This took. place at the Chun Ya Shan Po Hills the Purple Mountains, Nanking, the scene of the most bitter fighting the Revolution in 1911, The sine consisted of 12 items, as 2 raising the flag of 3, reading of deceased's will; 4." music; 5, reading of the scrolls; 6, bow thrice to the portrait of the deceased; 7, music; 8. laying the foundation stone; 9. bow thrice again to the portrait of the deceased; 10, expressions of thanks by members of deceased's family; 11. music; 12. disperse.
Delegates have been sent by the various branches of the Nationa Furey cnomticeh te come attend this ceremony, some 800 of these having left on Thursday for Nanking by a special train provided by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration under orders from the Ministry of Communications in Peking. Short stops were made at various stations along the line to pick up more delegates.
'Mrs. Sun and Mr, Sun Fo, who rag accompanied by' his wife' and children, left on the previous day with a number of prominent members of the party.
Mass Meeting ut West Gate to the Nanking ser~ mass meeting was held Recreation Ground, at West Gute, A full report of this will appear in our next issue.
We are informed by quite a number of people who actually knew the brother, Mr. Sun Wei, that that gentlemen died several years azo and that by aad no knowledge of English, certainly not such as the late Dr, Sun Yat-sen possessed. They were two distinct personality altogether and did not greatly resemble such other, certainly not enough to deceive the many persons cho knew and talked with the Father of the Chinese Republic."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.