Welcoming the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, today on the occasion of the conferment upon him of an honorary D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law) degree, the Public Orator of Oxford University, Mr. L. N. Creweian, said that everyone must be asking themselves what the University could do to express its admiration for its illustrious guest.
As a young man, he declared, the Ambassador had given himself to China's administration, and then had turned himself to foreign affairs. He took part in the Peace Conference in Paris and the World Economic Conference in London, and for the past six years had been a well-known figure in London, first as Minister and then as Ambassador.
Besides this, he had represented China at Geneva and had devoted his energies to the establishment of peace and justice among nations. Now we saw the people of China in misery and war. The issue was not yet clear.
In return for the—Ambassador's services and his constant kindly feeling towards England, the Public Orator concluded, Oxford today gave him the best thanks it could "with sleeves of Chinese silk."—
Reuter.
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