Queen Mary's voice was heard, saying the {ow simple words of dedifaction, all over the world on June 20 When she Tald the foundation stone the new Church House in the Dean's Yard, Westminster.
Thanks to the new arrangement of the trans missions from Daventry, which went into effect that day and involve a special narial directed tothe Far East, Shanghai was able to receive the whole of the broadcast extremely clearly, The Queen Mother, described as Vvelng dressed in white'silk and carry~ Ing a white sunshade, arrived on the cone escorted by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishops. one of the Ruomintang leaders, were found on a list of sixteen sponsors of the movement. The group had already sent a petition to the Government expressing their view that if the Salvation Association's leaders were sent. to" prison" because of their patriotic activities, the petitioners, who were In hearty support of their work, would submit themselves. to similar punishment.
Mass Meeting in Nantao The mass meeting was called by the Association, and when the gather~ ing on a piece of vacant ground in Ta Mao. Chiao Road at 1030 a. began to swell rapidly in number, Flot vans of the Chinese Police were talled to the scene, With over 100 policemen keeping a watch, an oticer approached the leaders of the meeting, asking the crowd to disperse immediately.
Following brief negotiations, the group were allowed to march to Zia To Road to disperse gradually. Dur-ting the short procession, the partie cupants sang patriotic "songs and shouted national salvation slogans. The purpose of the meeting was to proceed to. Shanghai Kuomintang Headquarters and the Shanghai City Government, asking the assistance of the authorities" (immediate relose of their leaders now held in Soochow. In view of the police Intervention, the gathering agreed to select six detexates to Interview the officials. At Zia To Road the group dispersed, as. promised.
The six delegates proceeded to the Kuomintang Headquarters and the Bureau of Social Affairs at the Civic Contre.
'AUS pin., a reception was given to Chinese and foreign press of London and Portsmouth, Before representatives "at the Tsing "Hwa the special service began, the two Club, 1535 Bubbling Well Rond. Both architect and the builder were Mme. Sun and Mme. Lino who issued presented with suilable mementoos of "The service was conducted by the Bishop. of London, The Bishop of Portsmouth read th special lesson. which began at the Toth verse of the: 21st _chapler of "Revelations, while Prayers were offered up by the Arche bishop of York. After the nin of a hym the musie for which was provided by the band of H.M, Col stream Guards, Her Majesty took up a aliver trowel, with an ivory handle and, aking some cement rom. a trough held before her by a mason. ald It on the site of the foundation the invitations were prevented from attending by. other" business and es were sent to receive their Chu Ching-tal, a professor, explained to the gathering that the sole aim of the All-China National Salvation Association was against Japanese agstression, and if the work of Mr. Shen Chun-fu and others now Aetained at Soochow could be termed {Megat and detrimental to the nation, then any one who had worked for national salvation, should be cast into Drison. It was with this reason that
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