The meeting at Nantao was hold under the auspices of the Shanghai Kuomintang Headquarters and the Shanghai City Government. Contingents of Chinese policemen were st tioned in Wen Miao Road, where the Educational Institute Is situated, maintain order. In the Institute, a portrait of the sage was placed in the centre of the platform, while a1 Jeient utensils used for offering sacri Rees to Confucius were exhibited.
Tu his opening. spece! Pan said the observance of the birthday anniversary of Confucius desorvea particular recognition this year when the world situation is fraught with war dangers. China's sage, Mr. Pan pointed out, spread the doctrines of Jcosmopolitanism and pacifism. in his time. The speaker urged that his teachings should be widely publicized asa means to save the situation. His speech was followed by several others bearing on the vceasion,
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