Mr, A. Ariyoshi, the retiring Japanese Ambassador, called on Mayor Wu. Te-chen at the Civic Cenire Tuesday, February 4, to bid farewell preparatory to kis departure for} Japan. He was accompanied by Mr. Aring, Seerelary of the Embassy. detachment of the Peace Preservation Corps was present as a guard-of-Ihonour for the Ambassador.
Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Ambassador to China, left Peiping on Monday afte: noon for Nanking to pay his first oMeial call on Gert. Chang Chum, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Wu Lien-tch, Director of the! National Quarantine Service, returned here on Monday morning from Singapore where he represented China. the recent International quarantine conference. After a brief stay here, he will proceed to Nanking to report {0 the atithorities on the conference, In celebration of the birthday anniversary "of Dr. Tsai Yuan-pel, President of the Academia Sinica, and Mrs. Tsai, more than 100 government officials, bankers and educationists, Including representatives of six educational institutions, held a dinner arty at the Park Hotel in Bubbling Well Road on Sunday evening and offered congratulations to the couple.
The following have been elected @irectors of the Chinese YMCA. Shanghai: Dr. ¥. S. Tsao, Dr.
Hsia," Mr, Chang Chia-fu. Mr Ying Shu-kwel, Dr. Fong F. See, Mr. Li Yao-pang, Dr. Herman Liu, Dr. F.C. Yen, Mr. S. U. Z3u, Mr. J. Usang Ly. Mr."Chen Yorcheng, Mr. Hollington K. Tong, Mr. 0. 1 Yul, Mr. Wang Ching-shu, Mr, Ting Kwel-tang, Mr. Shu ¥i-chen and Mr, Chu Vu-yue, newly appointed Brazilian Minister to China, Senor R. de L. Lagos. accompanied by his wife, and the former Brazilian Minister who now Brazilian Ambassador in Tokyo, Senor L. Velloso, arrived here last Wednesday in the President MeKinley, Mr. R. Barbosa, of the Brazilian Legation in Peiping, was here to greet the new Minister Dr. John Barrie, wa, m6.. oxow, on a visit to his" parents "here Shanghai, having come via Siberia, Dr, Barrie Intends to spend a brief period here before returning to England to read for the higher Diploma in Surgery of the Royal College "of Surgeons.
Mr. Armando C, Amador, recently appointed Consul of Mexico for China, called on Monday at the Wale chianti to present his Letters Patent and 10 pay his respects to the Vice Minister, Mz. Chen Chieh, and the Director of European and American Affairs, Mr. Liu Shih-shun, "Mr. Amador has already established his offices at the Metropolitan Hotel in Nanking.
Mr. A. 'T, Cox, of H, M, Embassy Peiping, and Mrs, Cox and their two sons, John and Peter, Teflon Thursday for long leave in' England via Manila in the President MeKin-Fey. Ili Manila they Intend to embark in the N.D.L, s, Necker for Rotterdam from wher they will tranship to London after a pleasant sojourn on the Continent, 'They expect to return' to Peiping at the end of this year, Mr. F, A. M, Noolting, Far Rastern manager of E,'I. Dupont de Nemours Ca; Mr. Guenther Stein, Tokyo correspondent "of the "Financial News" and Mr. 5, Fraser of Messrs, Butterfield & Swire were among those who arrived here last Wednes day from Japan in the President Mac-Kinley. Mr. and Mrs William Bell also returned in that vessel afler ong Teave in England. Mr. Bell is Superintendent Engineer of the China Navigation Ca,, Lid.
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