Guard of Honour Drawn Up on French Bund An imposing Farewell given ye: terday morning to M. Baudez, French Consul-General in Shanghai, who left in the M.M. s. President Doumer for France on leave. Drawn up on the French Bund as a guard of honour for the Consul-General was the band of the French Police, one company of Tonkinese police, one company of the Special Brigade, one company of Russian police, six police motor-cycles mounting machine-guns, and six armoured cars, the whole making an impressive parade.
Practically the entire French community turned out to bid farewell to the Consul-General, those on the French Bund including M. Auge, acting Consul-General M. Cattand. and other members of the Consular staff, M. d'Hooghe, president of the French Consular Court, Lieutenant-
Colonel L. Perretier and officers of the French Forces, members of the French Municipal Council, Commandant L. Fabre, of the French Police, M. Verdier, Director-General of the French Municipality, and many other officials.
Leaving the French Consulate soon after 9 am., M. Baudez, who was accompanied by Commandant Fabre, was greeted with a salute by the guard of honour, while the band played the "Marseillaise" After inspecting the parade. M. Baudez walked tq the jetty and stepped into a naval launch from the French cruiser Primauguet. The President Doumer sailed for Europe shortly after 10 C'clock yesterday morning.
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