H. M. Minister Entertained by St. Andrew's Society The President and Committee of St. Andrew's Society took advantago of the visit of Sir Ronald Macleay to Shanghai to entertain him to luncheon on Monday. The function took place in the Shanghai Club, and was presided over by Mr. GE. J. Scott, the President of St. Andrew's Society, and in addition to the Minister. the guests included Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, Mr. Sidney Barton, Commander Tait of H. M. S. Hawking and Mr. A. G. Stephen, himself a past President.
In proposing the toast of the guest of the day, Mr. Scott said:—At our small informal party today we have three very distinguishwd guests who represent the three component parts of our national flag, the Union Jack. Firstly we have our distinguished fellow countryman. Sir Ronald Macleay, H. M. Minister at Peking, representing St. Andrew. Secondly we have our Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, representing St. George. We are very glad to one him here to-day. We all love the British Navy, and personally I wish it had been my lot in life to be a sailor and not a banker, Thirdly we have our esteemed Consul-General, Mr. Barton, representing St. Patrick, who we hope will be with us for some years to come.
We have also another Scotsman here to- as " guest, although he has no right to be, as he is a past President of this Society. I refer to Mr, Stephen, whom a good many in Shanghai love, a good many live in fear of, but whom we all respect.
Our guest of honour to-day is Sir Ronald, a Scotsman in the right place as the chief representative of the Empire in China, and in whom we have every confidence that our interests are safely guarded in these troublous times. We are very glad, Sir, that you were able to find time to come and have a quiet tiffin with a few brother Scots.
We regret, however, that this tiffin could not have taken place yesterday, the anniversary of the day when we finally put it over the Sassenachs—Bannockburn (laughter).
One of the objects of this Society as well as of the other national so-cities in Shanghai is to help deserving fellow countrymen. There are occasions when cases come up before us which we do not consider worthy of charity, but we cannot allow fellow countrymen to be destitute on the streets of Shanghai. We therefore hope that on? day there may be a Government fund on which we may draw to enable the down and outs to be shipped home.
It was a great relief to us all that you, Sir, arrived safely in Shanghai after exposing your august personage to the perils of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway (laughter).
Mr. Scott then proposed Sir Ronald's health, expressing the
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