Dr. H. H. Kung's expressions of oodivill on the day of his departure fo attend the Coronation in London fag Special Ambassador will assuredly be reciprocated. His own personality og the lineal descendant of China's rear sage has already attracted attention In London. "His delegation will meet with every courtesy and the enthusiasm which is now generating in England over the coming ceremonies at Westminster gives a clear indication of the sort of reception he and his distinguished colleagues-may expect at the other end of their Journey. Too often the significance of ancient pageantry and historic traditions is overlooked. It is for~ gotten that the symbols of order and decent observance which are thereby connoted have an important function transcending the purely spectacular appeal inherent in their outward magnificence. Not without Import the eagerness with which modern polities, unable to look back to age-old customs of state observance, are deliberately decorated with newly devised ritual to enforce their influence, Great Britain's Coronation ceremonies not only embrace the historical development of the Empire of which His Majesty is the head, but also provide a vivid guarantee of the constitutional usages ensuring to the people by the King's consecration, the preservation of representative institu. tions, With this Adelity to tradition the spirit of Republican China is surely in lively accord,
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