Bishop Defelvie's zeal and pious devotion have enabled the "French and British Governments to. curry: four a Joint reconsecration "of the
soldiers who, seventy-one years ago, menorien of tint sts and fell in. action near' Ningpo. in the cause of duty, which, og Aly.
Dut ie ai the ceremony on May Oy was the protection of civilisation againee -|the forces of "disorder, pleasant to note the association of Oficial" representatives: of the two ations "in this dutiful. task of honouring' a comradeship which $0 Well found expression fu 'a. more Fecent™ and mightier evisie, In view of the source from which the ceremony derived. its inspiration, Coiffands tribute' tothe "pro! Bressive influence of French mis-Sionaries in"China- was mo. less appropriate, Tt accorded with the general gratitude of the French and British communities to all is preservation of lent's memorial two foreign nations.
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