Ending a three-day ceremony, during which high Chinese offelals fand foreign diplomatic representatives ud consular officials paid their Inst tribute of respect, the remains Marsha! Tuan Chi-jul, Premier of the defunct Peking Government, who was instrumental in China's participation {in the World War, were conveyed 10 Peiping in a special train om Decem~ ber 7° for burial at the Western Hills, With solemnity and pomp, the funeral college eft the" deceased's residence, 1487 Avenue Joffre, about noon. During the procession in the French Concession, Chinese and Annamite constables, smart dark navy blue uniform, with fixed bayonets, stood on guard every 25 yards on both sides of Avenue Jaftre, Rue Marco Polo and the Boulevard Montigny. At the. corner of Avenue Edward VIE and Vu Yueching Road, a contingent of the Russian Regiment of the S.V.C, fell into the procession.
Such huge crowds had gathered in the streets to watch the funeral that policemen found, their hands full in Keeping them in line, Trame. was serievaly interrupted, particularly in the French Concession, as orders had been issued by the French Police forbidding any vehicles to pass. the cortege in either direction. Trams In Avenue Joffre had to halt until It passed them, while traMe in streets through which the hearse travelled was diverted (o side roads. In. the Setilement, vehicles travelling opposite direction to the cortege were allowed to proceed:
The Procession Led by three motor cycles, with side cars, all of which were mounted with a machine-gun, the cortege cluded three brass bands, from. the Shanghai Elly Government, the Lung hwa Military Headquarters andthe French Police respectively. Scores of the deceased's friends, 240 monks and 'Taoiets, 100 men of the Russian Company of the French Police and 0 Chinese members of the special serve unit of the French Police, together with a string of motor cars lengthened the procession to over half a milo, and' it took more than Attcen minutes to pass a certain point. The Russian Company was led by Capt, "Abanoviteh, and the reserve unit by Chief Inspr, Grimaldi, All the members were in uniform and carried rifles, Three flower-decked chairs, one of which carried—the portrait of the late Marshal, wore seen in the procession. Accompany ug the hearse were eight men from he Peace Preservation Corps, in full Gen. Wu Te-chen, the Mayor, Gen, 'Yang 'Hy, Garrison Commander Shanghat'and Woosung, Mr. Vu Yar ching, Mr. Chany Shao-ling, Mr, Tu Yueh-sun, and a group of jocal oflcials and Teading' merchants. fol lowed part proceeded from Aver Marco Polo, Boulevard de Montigny, Yw Ya-ching Rond, Peking Road, Chekiang -Road and Boundary Road fo the North Railway Station." tu the mor national Settlement, Sikiy troop fers headed the cortege,' while members of the French Police fell on "The special train carrying." the casket will stop. at several Important stations along the Shanghai-Nanking ud Tientsin-Pukow lines, where beiet Sacrificial. services will be held by the: deceased's followers and friends. At Nanking, Dr. Oong Wenshou will respects on bebait of the Gove narial Services A large group of Chinese oftecials ud representatives of the Diplomatic ors and the Consular Body thronged. the China Funeral tome, ton Dee. 8, to pay respoels to Gen. Muang #u, the ate chairman of the defunct Peiping Political Council anc former Foreign Minister, who dice on Dec. 6, The body lay in state 3 pam. when a memorial service held and the body was encofined.
Messages of condolence continued ave ive from different parts of the fu, Gen, 'Me, Vu Yucien, Ger Huang Mowsung, Gen, Chang 'Tse-kiang, Mr, Chen 'Teheching, Mr. issu Keuanssun, Mr, Wu. Chen-wu, Br, Huang Twa-pigo, and Mr, Sung' Lic chun were among those who sen telegrams to the bereaved family.
Brass bands from the Lunghwa Military Headquarters and the Shi hat City Government played the ceremony, Mr, Li "Magistrate of the hanghai Hsien," was involved. in cident on December 12, when his motor ear, in which he was travelling from his office in Peiehao to Shang-hal, collided. with a 70-year-old pedestrian in Tso Chi Road, north of Hyohoching, on the outskirts of Shanghai. The pedestrian was re~ ported to be only slightly injured.
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