Full endorsement of the coming campaign for funds of the Salvation Army as well as the widespread activities of the Army was accorded by the Shanghai Rotary Club at a tiffin held at the Metropole Hotel yesterday, at which Brigadier B. Mo commanding officer of the Army in Shanghai, his staff and members of the Salvation Army Advisory Board were guests.
Officially the date for the opening of the Army's annual appeal for funds has not been announced but it is anticipated that it will be set for the immediate future. The Shanghai Rotary Club went on record yesterday for the donation to the Army's fund of $1,000.
The principal address was made vy Brigadier Morris, who briefly outlined the activities of the Army in Shanghai. The officer has been identified with the Salvation Army for upwards of 30 years, many of which have been spent in China, Brigadier Morris, in part, said:
"A great task has been imposed upon us during the past year, a task for which we gladly take the responsibility. The Salvation Army will not under any consideration desert the unfortunate Chinese war refugees, either through discouragement, lack of funds or threats (hi the speaker stated that he had been the recipient of threatening letters). Weare often tired in the work but never tired of it. I have had many and varied experiences in Salvation Army work in 30 years but it has been left to Shanghai to give me my biggest job. We are in the midst of a major crisis taxing our energies, mind and heart.
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