Mr. Vu Ya-ching, in an address which was interpreted by Dr. David On behalf of my fellow-nationals present this evening, we take great pleasure in expressing our sense of gratitude to the chairman and memders of the Shanghai Municipal Council for the pleasant time which we have been having together and for the encouraging words which the Chairman of the Council has spoken, One of the most hopeful signa} of the times in Shanghai to-day is, without doubt, the growing desire on the part of the different sections of the community for mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation. Do we not seo evidences of that same desire in this hall? The practical question is, however, how to translate this desire into the reallies of life and its manifold relations.
At the outset, we should, we believe, recognize' two principles of fundamental importance. Our people consider them to be the foundation-stone of our international and interracial relations.—We can hardly believe that any nation oF people which hopes to succeed in its inter-national relations can afford to neglect or disregard them.
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