The Archive · 1931

Local Observance

Just. as France held services throughout the country to com: memorate his death, the French community of Shanghai showed their sorrow at a servies held in St, Joseph's: church, The church was beautiful with slack and silver hangings.and the red, white and blue of many French flags. A catafalque heavily droped in black and lit with candles was used for the ceremony, and wreaths sent by the representatives of the voalous countries were placed round he foot. Over all pervaded an atmivephere-of sadness and memories of the Great War were involuntary ily in the minds of many of those who formed the vast congregation.

The blue and gold of many uni-terms contrasted strangely—with the sombre background of the: church, which was filled with bund-reds-of people who came to attend the simple service and with one accord'to mourn'the death of a great man. Representatives from all th. were present, including the Minister for Norway and a delegate from Poland, also the Consuls-General for France, England, -Belgium, Norway, U.S.A. Italy, Brazil, Sweden and the Nether lands. The "President of the French Council and_members of the French Consulate attended the coremony°and the principal "Military representatives included Brigadier Fleming, Colonel Hooker and the Colonel ofthe French Detachment. instructions from Mr. "Miliam Mitchell, the Attorney-General, expressed' the fear thet until' the Supreme Court has roled on Judge Clark's <lecision -the federal agents} will-be-embarrassed in' their efforts to enforce the prohibition <Iawa—

United Press.

/dustrialists will meet on Wednesday, next to discuss the price problem and the newspapers already demand that in the event of the industrie alists refusing to agree to substanti al reductions the government should lower the steel tariffs under whic the German domestic prices are present above the world market level-—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,

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