London, Mar. 21.
At the request of the Chinese Gov: ernment, Brig-Gen, Frederick Dawson Hammond, an authority on rail-will leave for China shortly to me and advise upon. the organization of a Chinese railway system, He will be accompanied by two experts of the Great Western Railway.
Brig-Gen. Hammond will sail by the s. Ranpura from Marseilles 'April 5 and' will go straight: to. Nai ing.
Interviewed, he stated that he was unable to say what feature of Chinese would pay special atten-until he had consulted. with the Chinese Government. He stated that he was prepared for any duties snd emphasized that his mission was Met a military one in any character 'Aged 54, Brig.. Gen, Hammond served in the European War, after which he was appointed Head of the Allied 'Railway' Mission to. Poland. Since then, he has inspected and reported on railways. and. com= munications in Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyikea, Greece, Nigeria, Gold' Coat Rhoe Jamaica, Nyasaland, Mozambique gnd Iraq, He has also advised the Government of Tndia on the Statutory Control. of Railways Reuter, Shanghai were also present and Japanese military ofeials, while members of the Chinese' Flyers Association, and most of the foreign fand Chinese newspapers and news agencies, were represented, The Gardens were beflagged for the occasion and refreshments were served at the four or five small buffets "surrounding the Gardens. Mr. S. Kamio. director of the Oriental Affairs section of the "Osaka Asahi" and Mr. Kinoshite, manager the local office of the paper, were the hosts at the reception, pin. the two flyers visited the Shanghai Science Institute in Route Ghisi. 'They were received by Shinjo, President of the Institute, and among those present. were Mr B. Lille, principal' of the Henry Lester Institute, and Dr, Teat Yuan-el, former Chancellor of the Pel-ping National Institute, The Ayers were accompanied by Mr. A. Arylsobl, Japanese Minister, and Mr. 1. Ishii, Japanese Consul-General, Mayor Wu Te-chen entertained the two flyers at his residence, 404 Avenue Joffre, at 4 pin. when he handed them letters tothe mayors of Osaka and Tokyo, and to the president of the "Asahi," and also presented both airmen with silver pagodas.
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