17, the President and Committees of the St. David's Society of Shanghai entertained Mr. David Davies, J.P. of Swansea, a director of the Northcliffe Press, at, present un, Shanghai on a visit, to, tiffn, The President (Mr. K, E. Newman) referred to the pleasure it gave the Committee and himself to meet such an illustrious comtrict as Mi ies, whose. pre-in Shanghai had almost "os-caped notice. owing to his avoidance of publiet Mx. Davies: disclosed that he was for pleasure. vations "had. gendered in him a belief that Tink with the homeland was welded stronger in the Welsh than in any other nationality, "He had een this demonstrated in Canad vat the greatness of fa nation was not its core but its edges. "Britain ved. difficulties in the past faced with difficulties day.
He had every confidence in her ability to surmount those: cliff culties now as before, Our credit was still amongst the highest. in the world because we were true to our obligations. And it was in the cumulative effect of the loyal support given by communities over-as that outposts of Empire had their value, His special message to Shanghai Welshmen was "Do. not gi to the all prevailing tone miss 0 evident in Chins ing sons and daughters overs
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