At Thursday's tifin re-union of members of the Shanghai Rotary Club, eld in the Metropole Hotel, Mr. W. J. Hawkins, Chairman of the International Service Committee, called upon further members 0 continue from the previous week's meeting, commemorating the Slst anniversary of the foundation of Rotary, tke rendering of reports upon the spread of the rotary movement in their respective countries Mr. K. S. Mul, representing Japan, stated that the first Rotary Club was founded In Tokyo in October 1920, and at the present moment there are established throughout Japan 23 clubs, with a tal membership (including 4. clubs in Manchoukuo) of 1,042, The second Pacific Rotary Conference was held in Tokyo in 1929, and the movement was still spreading, Mr. C. A, Baboud mentioned that the foundation of Rotary in France ales back to tke year 1921, when the Paris club was formed, and now has the largest membership of any club that country with over 20 members, while Nantes has the smallest with but 9 members. In 1923 second club was formed in Lyons, and to-day' France tas @0 clubs, including Morocco and Algeria, with a total membership of over 2,990. "The spirit of Rotary reigns over all of these clubs, and has undoubtedly become strong link in the chain which now encircles tke globe, in an effort to create a better mutual understanding and preserve the most valuable of all trensures—Peace."
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