"We in Shanghai, in congratulating you on the step you have taken with regard to the extra provincial district ourselves also, inasmuch a of your being Director-General this district and having Dr. Ting your chief officer, assures, not only 'o-ordination in the whole province of Kinngsu, but will also lead to the lesest ce-operation between these settlements and the large extra provincial district surrounding them which cannot but be beneficial to all.
"At present, Shanghai is one of the 10 most important cities in the world, It is a proud hold but there is no reason why Shanghai should not come within th: first five, The important, changes! being made by Marshal Sun, and their importance cannot be overestimated, should produce this result fas he stands for action rather than' words and will therefure unqueitionably receive the ce-operation for! which he sarks. There is nothing nebulous "about Marshal—Sun' policy. It is definite and constructive and history shows that definite policies supported by action succeed, Before sitting down I would like to ask Marshal Sun to honour the Club by accepting honorary mem-Derghip in it and to express. the hope that we may again have the pleasure of entertaining him at no distant date."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.