Shanghai, Oct, 20.
Fo the Committee of the "Royal Society of St. George on October 26 at the resumption of its monthly Tuncheons, Mr, Herbert Phillips, a3 chief guest; confessed that he would have preferred to have made his debit a3 Consul-General at Shanghai in other elrcumstanees, but he felt heartened by the assurances of cooperation which he received from his fellow British subjects and in particular from St. George's Society, which had thus early honoured him. He pointed out that on the shoulders of the Commander-in-Chief, the 'Major-General, and himself, ' grave responsibilities rested at the' present time, and it was all the more portant that they should feel that their community was at their backs as they handled the problems of a very dimeult crisis.
Mr. E, 8, Wilkinson in introducing Mr, Phillips referred to the fact that the mew Consul-General was born in Reading and came from Reading School, one of the oldest in England, the crest of the school and the town (Reading) being adopted by the County of Berkshire and duly displayed at the Iuncheon in conform= with the Society's practice, Mr. 'Wilkinson, however, claimed' the Society's support of Mr. Phillips on less remote grounds, Mr. Phillips came to them as the senior member fof His Majesty's Consular Service Who could talk to them from per sonal experience of the Boxer Rebellion days and, incidentally, looked very little older than he appeared 25 Years ago of a Consul in Shang Mala good testimony to the climatic benefits of China
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