The Archive · 1937

GEN, YN HAN-MOU IN HONGKONG

Hongkong, Mar. 8, Extraordinary precautions were token this morning to safeguard the person of General Vu Han-mou, Paeifleation Commissioner of Kwangtung, when he arrived here from Shanghai aboard the liner President Special squads of police cleared the wharf of all except the distinguished Chinese and foreign personages who had gathered to welcome him.

General Vu, who is on his way to Canton from Nanking after attending the plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, crossed the harbour at 1130 in the Governor's launch and made an official landing at Queen's Pier.

A guard of honour provided by the Seaforth Highlanders, with a pipe band, was drawn up on the pier.

'Atler inspecting the guard' General Vu proceeded to Government House {3 call on the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott. Later Sir Andrew returned Genera} Yu's call. This was the first time the two had met—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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