Several hundred quests attended a reception given by Mr. N,. Yoshioka, the. acting Japanese Consul-General, fat hig oficial residence in Seymour Road in the morning, those attending including diplomatic and "consular oMelals, foreign and Chinese military and naval. offeials, high oMcials of the City Government, the Shanghai Munleipat Council and the French Munietpal Counelt, Prompily at ndon, Mr. Yoshioka proposed a toast to. "His Imperial Brajesty the Emperor of Japan" which was heartily drunk and followed by three "banzais."
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