With ihe names gf Mr. Bt. Wilden, Envoy ExtraoMinary and Min: of France to, China, and two resi nts of Shanghai heading the list, the French 7, Government has conferred decorations of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the nation's most distinguished award, on seven French officials and citizens station-in the Orient, according to the details of a Havas News Agency. despatch received in Shanghai from Paris on January 14, Professor Henri Louis Baptiste—Civet, Dipl es, the, Director of the Franco-Chinese Technical Institute, 1195 Rue Lafayette, and Mr. Leon, the Assessor of the French Consular Court for Shanghai, Member of the French Municipal Council and Vice-President of the Alliance Francaise, are the two local residents honoured, the remaining four recipients residing in other Chinese cities and Singapore.
'Already being an officer of the Order, Mr, Wilden has been promoted' to the Rank of Commander of the Legion, the message states, while each of the others ment has received the nominate Chevalier, by which designation hereafter' they are entitled to be Those who were accorded this latter distinction are Professor Henri Louis Baptiste Civet of Shanghai, Mr, Leon of Shanghai Mr, Emil Packard, the Chancellor
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