"We are welcoming Your Excellency not merely for reasons of cur individual friendship but because we regard Your Excellen fas a friend of the Chinese peopl the Marshal declared. "Luckily, international misunderstandings have been cloured up and goodwill ahd friendship. ave increasing every Gay, Your Exeelleney's visit. to Canton provides a good chance to fuitivate such goodwill and friend-Ship." Furthermore, the Chinese reliants of Hongkong are also ing forward with a view to Promoting commerce between Canton and Hongkong." Sir Cecil Clement and he (the Marshal) would ive their full support to the project, "and we are rejoicing over it hie: concluded, Replying to the toast, Sir Cecil Clementi said: rejoice to be here to-day as Your Excellency's guest, and 1 thank you very sincerely for your now almost thirty years since I originally came to Ganton and lived for a while Girst' within the city near the Flowery Pagoda in the Yamen, Which recently was handed back by the British Government to Your Excellency, and later as tenant of house in Kun Ying Fong in the Western suburb, Those were happy days for me: I used to enjoy finding my way through the maze of streets the town, talking with the people, making. purchases in the shops, and retiring every now and then to the seclusion of the monasteries in the White Cloud Hills.
"You will easily understand therefore, what a grief it was to when, on my assumption of duty as Governor of Hongkong in 1923, found that Russian malice had provoked an artificial semblance of enmity between Canton and. Hongkong. Never at any time, even When the anti-British boycott was at its height, was there any feeling of enmity. in Hongkong towards Canton. On the contrary, ways believed that in spite of outward appearances there was no Teal change" feeling for later yeo would realize how -completely the Bolshevists and. Com-Imunists had deceived you. Now at last Bolshevism and Communists have been expelled from Canton, and the long-standing friendship of Canton for Hongkong has been restored. I rejoice to know that the recent visit of Your Excellency to Hongkong-and my present visit to Canton are but the outward and Visible. signs of a true. friendship Uniting the colonial and provincial governments as well us the people Hongkong and Canton. It is my famest. hope that this. traditional amity may never again be disturbed, and on behalf of the Hongkong Government I pledge you my full ce-operation to that end."
Popular Demonstration Mar, 10.
The closing stages of th of the Governor of Hongkor Cecil Clementi, were marke enthusiasm' among Vast crowds thronged the streets, which were beflagged'and decorated with garlands. for a fleeting glimpse of the distinguished guest.
This morning Sir Cecil Clementi held a conference with General Li Chai-hsin, after which he was the guest of honour at a Chinese tiffin it the National Gardens, presided over by the Mayor of Canton, at which all the high officials of the Canton Government were president. Speeches were exchanged express ing very cordial sentiments and! cementing the renewed friendship between Hongkong and Canton, In the afternoon His Excellency! and party were taken on a sightseeing trip along the Pearl River in gaily-decorated flower-boats. The River presented a pretty picture. Thousands of sampans were decorated with bunting and festooned, many of them fying the Union Jack together with the Nationalist frag.
Tu the evening Sir Cecil Clement: the guest of honour at a banquet given by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, after which he attended a theatrical entertainment. The distinguished visitor and his party then returned to Shameen through streets flashing with the filumination of myriads of lights] fand lined with dense masses Canton's friendly populace—Reuter, Hongkong, Mar. 11.
Sir Cecil Clementi has returned from Canton—Reuter.
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