The Committee for the Foundation of a Recreational Contre for French sailors and soldiers, of which the French Consul-General is honorary-chairman and of which the parians are the French Admiral in command of the naval division of the Far East and the defence forces of the French Concession, Monseigneur Paris, Bishop of Gilando and Vier Apostolique of Nanking and the Administrative Corvaittes of the French Municipal Cuuueil, make an appeal to the generosity of the French residents of Shanghai.
The appeal says in part:—"At the present time we can see how the presence of our sailors and colonial troops are indispensable for the protection of life and property, It is only fair that all of us should to ameliorate, as ithin our power, the conditions of our defenders, The Recreational Centre, ge-nervously constructed by the French Municipality, must be furnished, provided with the necessary equipment and the necessary original supplies, Let us contribute, therefore, to the first expenses of estab-
"We should, besides, assure the payment of the expenses of carrying on the establishment, providing means of enjoyment at the least possible cost to the men. Subscribe to this end by a monthly or yearly donation, This subscription is not to be infused with another founded some time ago, for quite another purpose, for the local section of the French Colonial and Maritime League, and which, moreover, was closed on April The Committee of Foundation for the French
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