The end of the great friendship which has arisen between The Green Howards and the 4th U.S, Marine Corps since their meeting in Shanghai is not yet and one begins to wonder where the interchange of courtesies and compliments is, going to finish. The latest development is the presentation by the American Marines to the Yorkshiremen of a Drum-Maje The Green Howards was well content before with his emblem of office, but he is a far prouder man now, when swinging the Marines' present, The mace is a particularly hand. some example of the silver-smith's art. The staff is of Canton blackwood, intertwined from the foot long silver ferrule up to the head with a Chinese dragon in silver and a cord of The Green Howards! colours of green and white, The head is a plain but massive silver mounting, capped by the U. Marine Corps' badge (embossed) and faced by the neat engraved badge of The Green Howards and the inscription:—"Presented to The Green Howards by the Fourth Regiment, U.S, Marine Corps, commemoration of their service to-ether In Shanghai, Ching, 1027."
The mace is n gift from officers and men of the 4th Murine Corps and the presented took place at a dinner at the Ame! ican Club, which was attended Gol. H.C. Davis and 60 of the Marine officers and Lieut-Col. H, McCall, cat.c, DS.0,, and fifteen officers of The' Green Howards, In making the presentation, Col, Davis reminded the officers of The Green Howards of the wonderful mutual friendship which so suddenly had sprung up between the two reyents and of the cordial relation= ship between the officers and men, He hoped that the mace would be id at the head of the Battalion wherever they might be.
Col. McCall said that the mace would be the Battalion's duily pride and it would be handed down to the blend of the two would be just-about, According to the Chinese press, a party of Chinese women from Shanghai have gone to Nanking and to the war front to act as canteen, and soldiers' welfare worke! crushed out Communism internally, Ttaly was wholly prepared to recognize Soviet Russia's right to govern herself ax she wished. Equally interesting was Italy's rolationship to the League of Nations which the speaker said was based upon realities and not on ideals. Knotty problems still remained. to the worked out in the relations between France and Italy and Germany and Italy, but Italy's position the present was one of desiring to maintain peace through the status quo, Mussol that a Europe would be the equivalent of laying European powers open to rear economic and political aggressions on the part of non-European powers. That Fascism had many enenties was also a recognized fact, the apeaker said further, but in conclusion attention was drawn to a statement made not long since by the secretary for the League of Nations to the effect that Italy's international policy was in absolute keeping with the principles of League.
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