Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot, commander of the French Naval Forces in the Far East, and the officers of the French cruiser Lamotte Picquet, gave a brilliant reception aboard thei flagship, on' Saturday.
Among the large number of guests} who attended this function, were: the Belgian Ambassador to China and Baronne Guillaume, the British Ambassador to China and Lady Clark Kerr, the Polish Minister to China and Baronne de Weydenthal the Czechoslovakian Minister to China.
Mr. Tani, Japanese Ambassador-at-large; the Danish Minister to China and Baronne de Oxholm, the Swedish Minister to China and Baronne Beck Tris, the Swiss charge d'affaires, the. counsellor of the French Embassy to China and Mme. F. Knobel the French Acting Consul General and Mme, P. Auge, Admiral H. Yarnell, commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Far East, Maj.-Gen. Telfer-Smollett, commander of the British mülitary forces, in Shanghai, Rear-Admiral Nomura, and many others.
The flagship was specially decorated for that occasion, and a temporary spell of good weather contributed to the success of this reception which lasted well into the night.
It is announced that the Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot sails today for Nanking and Wuhu in the French) gunboat Dumont d'Urville, which arrived on Saturday. Capt. Gribelin commander of the cruiser Lamotte Picquet is in charge of the local French Naval Station during the Vice-Admiral's absence.
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