On Mat. 17 the St, Patrick's Society celebrated Ireland's national day with the enthusiasm and piety which men on that occasion know now to mobilize. "In the spirit of Trish has pitality it afforded facilities for its friends in Shanghai to share in the rejoicings. A more deGnilely international flavour is imported into this annual Irish festival because of the hereditary interest taken in it by numbers of Americans resident here. Only the other day special tribute was pald to the distinguished Irishmen who have served Great Britain in China in various capacities, within and without His Majesty's service. Tt {iy specially pleasant to salute the memory of St. Patrick this year for by miny. signs it Is adjudged. that Irishmen face the future in their own beloved Jand with a greater sense of national unity, with more confidence and, it is hoped, with a firmer pro= spect of disposing of ancient differences between herself and the other sister nations of the British Isles.
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