"I think we all appreciate the fact that the institution of a special area at Shanghai is a far sighted act, one that with great con: is one of the greateRt shipping ports in the world and it surely deserves to be one of the world's greatest cities also, Since coming to Shanghai, Marshal Sun in his speeches has referred to the satisfactory conditions in the Foreign Settlements.
cerely hope and believe that lurider the able direction of Dr. Ting] the whole of this important region will Boon enjoy an equal degree of prosperity.
Gentlemen, I do not propose to make a long speech. Marshal Sun must already have had enough speeches during his short stay Shanghai, But I want to say this to Marshal Sun and Dr. Ting—that as the Council for the International Settlement of Shanghai we will do our best to made this new scheme a success. We realize fully its value to ourselves as well as to others and if our assistance and co-opera ation are needed I can assure these two gentlemen that we are prepared to assist and to ce-operate to the fullest extent.
"Gentlemen, I ask you to rise and to drink with me to the health of! Marghal Sun and Dr. Ting and to the prosperity of the enterprise on which they are about to embark."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.