"There was a repetition on Monday of what in the past few years has Brown to be one of the. most Sleaant of Shangiai's annual fane-Tous and whish many hundreds of Trent, not only im Shanghai, but Ril over China, will hope it will be Risions, It was the celebration of sible to repeat on many
birthday. of Mz Brodie Clarke, who yesterday. attained the Sect Boy wth a ream of well ater LID yours apout in China.
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tices dntingulshed: company, 5 ever Hoping, "Daun & Ca Clusling net only most of the Settle-trent Wading. taipans. ant many the weteran's, more particular Shanghai friends, but also Gen. Duncan, Sit James Burnett of Les, Sitney. Barton (Lil. 8, Cons veral)s" Bt, Stirling. Fessend (Chatrman of the S3LC.), Col, Gordon (Commandant of the V.G), Judge Grain and many others of official rank. Admiral Tyrwhitt and many others who were fuisious to attend were prevented official duties from being present, Tu the course of a neat speech, Juslye Grain said that Mr Clarke} even now seemed just as young as photograph they Just inspecting, showing hin in member of the crew representing Scotland against Enzand in a boat race which Scotland won, He wished Mr, Clarke not only) a longer life: but a very lone hgo and, on behalf of all: present and many others who were unable ty attend, he offered nim their:
Mr, Brodie Clarke's health then was drunk with enthusiasm and response he said that youn people might regard his ax a vei Tong life, but it did mot seem 20 to un. As he Tooked backs, sometimes he wondered if he was at eld lie war said to be, because he recollected very vividly things, Which happened many years ago. Te night wound "Ike boaating, but in all the many places in Chinn which he had been always he found good friends, He looked on all present as his very'
and thab wae something 1 his time of life, believed his long life was di to his father and mother, who we the best, He wax brought na hard schoo!, but it was for the What hiv father and) mother dit for him was the best that could have happened to any young fellow. He hoped all his friends would live at feast to aad that when they: came to his time of life they would have any ood friends as he lid that day Prominent amongst the attach. ments to the celebration were Woatiful horseshoe in purple, pink: anid white sweet=peas, €a' wine the humeral "82" and further" 6 ellis hed with vi of Mr, ice"s clan tartan; and, still more the henehi med each long My. Eh 0 left, Mr. C. M. Bain dotal each one to append his signa huve to a hivthday greeting of "Liang Tam Reck," embellished Purparartons are be the local authorities to take control of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Only auth-rizal delegates will be appointed to take over the administration from Mr. Yua wong, present vive-chairman, in the absence of, Mr, Fu Sigo-en, the chairman,' whose arrest. has ordered by the Kuomintang Political Cot cil, Canusrie's ave selling and 25, the important collec curly Chinese porcelain and objects Lore, of RT
Wares of the Ming Cly uacty." and several date from the cartier years of the 15th century, The strength of the collection Ties in, ite articles of the Ming period, but there are also some fins pieces of periods.
Chinese Detective and Russian Dead from Bullet Wounds we teen Chinese, two of wher min In an. address: before a large! were women, have been arrested on. gathering' at the American: Women's in _connexi with the Club on MoridayMrB: Lennox Simp-shooting, on morning, of [sony better "known prehaps. by his Zee Foo-sung, 35, a Chinese detective] penename:-"Putham-"Weale?" spoke the employ of the French Manl+ cipal Police, and Janin Peter, 28, jin China? Thévtext-of Mu, Simp-Russi chauffeur, in Avenue clu Roly son's: addrese'swas-based-upon obser Albert on Saturdi afternoon }vations-former: duving'-his- recent about 3.
otlock., Both. the men [Journey: to Haltkow* The-dominant cho were struck by bullets have impression to be gained from: this since died, the detective being killed instantaneously, and the Russian, jose leaders "of Flakow shad taken who was removed to the Hospice' hold of problems with which they Marie, passing away on Monday} [were "quite unable to, cope, morning. which; finding: their ground slip pi lurider-theny;*they-had been buoying Tt appears that @ forelenlady.was themselves "up with catch phrases, going along the?averue.-when= a impson- pointed out. What armed Chinese"emerged from an} thes-actually hoped for was that the alleyway, snateked: cher handbaie} tained "some *$300," dashed foreign' powers would step in to the rescue and give them their bene di Jong the road-andsfled into-n house} ar by. The victim raised the Villages all along the Yangtze on Jaluem and the deceased detective both sides of the river were deserted, rushed to the scene: Riding in the Mir. Simpson said, by reason of the fortunate lady's motor cary which devastating warfare which was g0- was driven by the Russian, they ting on, This warfare would be able went together to the house, when the to last indefinitely unless the foreign Chinese again-came out "to meet powers made some kind of interver th He fived point blank at -the tion, and it wae not exaggeration to detective's head, the bullet" itective's head, the bullet having Istate that, despite the ha disintegration 5 fell "to the ground, dead, The [2% the Present Mankow government which could not outlast two or three attempted to grapple with th villain, who shot bin through the The shots brought other officers to the and Friends who apparently were hid 4 months at the most, things on the: Yangtze, would drift back to where they were a year ago thix spring, The precoxs could so on indefinite. ly, and represented no new phase in Chinese history as foreigners could trace almost identical situations dur-by opened tire on them, a Ton-t ing the past 16 yeara, the chief "if-vinose constable narrowly eseapi ference being. according to the Tit ull more than 60 shots speaker, that the present situation were fired, some 22 of these snap-was one in which foreigners were ping from the pistols of the police-being singled out for especial attack, The man-who started the fire Some kind of barriers or safe-was soon afterwards enptured with jzuards in localized areax was the the handbag in his possession.
His Jenly solution for the present predicacompanions escaped, but, acting 1 ment as far as foreigners and El Information which" he' save the lose alike police, the other arrests were made, [the unpopular concerned
the French Concession, tervention something of "the sort others in the International Settle: would have to be done sooner ment.
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