The reception at the Columbia Country Club given by the acting Consul-General, Mr. Frank P. Lockhart was attended by a distinguished gathering of international consular, "naval and military personages. The toast of "The President" was proposed by Mr. Lockhart, and the assembly stood at attention while the band of the Fourth Marines played: the National Anthem.
Amongst those who received invitations and who attended the reception were:—Mz, Herbert Phillips, British Consul-General; Major General A. P. D. Telfer-Smollet, commanding the British Forces in Shanghai; Col. L. Perretier, commanding the' French Forces in Shanghai; Col A. Andreini commanding the Italian Forces in Shanghai; Col J. W. Hornby, commanding the Shanghai Volunteer Corps; Major K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of Police: Mr. Hidaka, Japanese Consul-General; Mr. M. Fischer, German Consul-General; Dr, Jean Krysinski, Polish Consul-General; M. Baudez, French Consul-General; Commander Luigi Neyrone, Italian Consul-General; Mr. Vu Ya Ching, Mr. F. Knobel, representing the French Ambassador, M. Chapelain, Baron J. Beck-Friis, Swedish Minister; Dr. A. J. Alves, Pordüguese Consul-General; Mr. Sterling Fessenden, secretary-general of the SMC.
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