Following Mr. Dupree's reply. Dr. 1K. C. Wu (Mayor) roso_and, nan exceedingly witty speech, expressed this pleasure at the opportunity thus given him of saying how much he Jand the rest of the Chinese in Hankow had appreciated working together with Mr. Dupree. He personally had had a good dear to do with Mr. [Dupree and considered that the results achieved constituted a lasting monument to the goodwill and spirit Jot ce-operation which is increasingly Jevident in Sino-British relations to-
Before closing his speech Mayor Wu referred to the fact that sitting, fon his left was Mr. W, M. Kirkpatrick, the official representative of the British Government Exports Credit Guarantee Department whom considered it appropriate to refer fo as the embodiment of Sino-British ce-operation. "He also likened Mr. Kirkpatrick to St, Peter who had been credited with making it possible for the lame to walk, and trusted that with his help China would be helped Jcut of her lameness in many respects through the good offices of that gentle-
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