Wei-chun, on behalf of the merchants, expressed their full confidence' in Mr. King's ability to uphold the interests of the Chinese chants, expressed their full con fidence in Mi. King's ability to hold the interests of the Chinese people.
The Commissioner's Reply In reply, the new Commissioner said that he was a man of little education and mean ability. He was afraid that ho could not carry out his duties efficiently, but ho would endeavour to do his best. Ha thanked Gen, Huang, Vice-Admiral Li, Gen. Chang and the other speakers for their words of advice, and said that he would follow the trond of publ mn always. whilst performing his duties, hoping thus to make steady progress im the Kuomintang foreign policy. Hie hoped to scute the es-operation and support of the people of Shanghai, and wanted those present ta supervise him in his actions and sive him their valuable advice from time to time, a group photograph was taken, After: the installation ceremony,
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