First Envoy to Travel by New Railway Canton, Mar. 18.
Greeted at the railway station by Dr. Philip Tyau, special delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other Chinese officials represent ing the local authorities, and the entire British Consular staff, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Ambassador, arrived here to-night by train from Hankow to pay his first! official visit to South China, At Shiukwan, on the Kwangiung border, the Ambassador was met by a personal representative of General Huang Mou-sung, chairman of the Provincial Government, who escorted him to Canton.
Sir Hughe was the first foreign, envoy to China to travel from Central to South China by the Canton-Hankow Railway. Lady Knatchbull-Huges-sen, who took the sea route, is expected to arrive to-morrow by way of Hongkong.
Immediately after his arrival Sir Hughe drove to the Bitish Concession on Shameen, where he is staying at the residence of the British Consu-general.
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