"In the years that T have been fon the Council," he said. "I have realized the importance of the Coun. cil and the leading Chinese me together in the interests of Sometimes, in years past, I wondered why it was so dificult for us to get together better than we have. [have used my influence to bring about a condition of getting together on the most friendly terms and discussing the problems _confronting us ax friends. We now feel that whenever a question arises, we can go to our Chinese friends to discuss the matter freely and frankied for the made during the past Mr, Wu Tze-hou, Chairman of the} Federation of Street Unions, also. spoke, He said that the occasion marked the dawn of a new era in municipal progress. If these contacts continued, the former difficulties will vanish. There is much talk now-a-days about altruism. There is no place like Shanghai for altruism, for engendering the spirit of equality. He hoped that such meetings would increase to larger and larger proportions.
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