Lid nothing come of the Governor's visit other than the fact that the city had been put in onder for the occasion, much good would have been accomplished, for-never in the experience of the writer has Canton ever been given sucha thorough leaning. There has been general sweeping and gathering up of filth fof all" sorts, Unsightly' objects hanging: from shop fronts or littering the pavements have been ro-moved, and police, firemen, and sanitary inspectors wore kept busy for days seeing that all these things were done, Canton may not ben "Spotless. Town" even to-day, ub comparison with its previous cons dition, it is immaculately clean.
When it was learned. that the Governor had accepted Marshal Li's invitation to pay him a visit, the request was sent out to. the' mer chants that they fly British, flags over their doors. "Patterns were prepared and given to the shops that specialize in the making of flags, and soon there was a huvrying and scurrying to get the British colours completed before the. Bth. The merchants had no time to spare, and the fag-shops were londo with orders to the point of super-Saturation. Orders were rushed to Hongkong, but the supplies sent up were but a drop in the bucket. So was that most shop owners had themselves to turn flags makers, and many instances their finished product bore only the faintest semblance to the British colours, but the sod intention was there, 80 minor defects were overlooked.
Tu their eagerness to do every: thing possible to show their has pitality and good-will, soma of the merchants discussed the advisability of removing from ita foundation the foot of the British steps leading into Shameen the granite obelisk commemorative of the sad affair of June 23, 1925. At a subsequent meting, another suggestion was made which met with more Widespread approval. It was that the obelisk be not destroyed, but that the date carved on its rev be obliterated, and in its place the date of Governor Clemonti's arrival in Canton be inscribed. carved on the front 16 forget this day."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.