Hongkong, Mar, 16.
Mr. G..M, Hardt, leader leaders of the Citroen trans-A: expedition, died here this morni 'The noted explorer arrived las month in Peking at the conclusion of the long trek across Asia, and all members of the expedition' were then stated te have looked quite fit despite the hardships they had onney. south jn''Shanghal and he never fully savoreds Shovly attr, his" vival srhich as the immediate cause' of Hongkong. pneumonia develop
death.
Mr. Haardt had intended rst to mater through Siam and. India to Beyrut,. ands hoped. to" arrive in France in JuneReuter, When Mr, Hardt Shanghai on March 3 this year, just a year after the first of the two nits of the expedition were assembled at Beirut, Syria, he was suffers ing from an annoying eld." During the. frst few days of his brief stay, remained almost altogether in his Suite at the Cathay Hotel Later, however, he was able to. participate Inv aome'of the affairs arranged his honour, Mrs Haavdt, who was vice-presi dent of the Societe Anonsmie Andre itvotn of Paris, had numerous other shmments in the realm plovatlon to his credit even before he Urdertook the personal leadership of the Pamie unit starting out from Beirut, "This last expedition, which Jeached its. frst objective, Peking, in February, was a monumental one. Mr. Haavdt' and. his associates had worked for two years on the inder-taking before they actually went te the held." Fetiowing the path of Maveo Polo, traversing im pave. is fanelent silk' route from the Orien ivan arduous undertaking even in the twentieth. century, said. Mr but they safely" skit native uprisings, and-steered their Way through a minor revolution here and theres Mr, Hardt expressed grant light in being in Shanghai after his long. trek through the wilderness, Retitto accord the toll-worn ex: plorer the respite he, 80 vichly, do-Moved, hostilities on the immediate outskirts of the city censed. just a Few hours before his boat arrived.
Dr, Wang King-ky, President of the National Labour University and Yermerly Chinese delegate to the Teague of Nations, s4id:—Mr. Hanrdt had little to say of tne "achievements. of the "stoup which truck out, with nine cars, fneirele. the lofty Himalayas, and eral through, areas uenzhable thirst," but the pleased tone which crept into the voice, of the' bronzed explorer betrayed. the Keen' satisfaction which he felt-in Accomplishments of the first. your. Mies Haarde never" would have been taken for a professional blazer of hew trails, "Although slightly al Average height, his build was slight. His tuely-chseiled features, with a tive' mouth and. note, marked firn asa dreamer and a visionary ven before he was 'The record' of the they are given out, speak louder than any words uttered by Mr. "eavdt, in' Shanghai,
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