The happy relations existing between Canada and the United States were emphasized during discussions at a luncheon meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club held at the French Club in Route Cardinal Mercier at 12.30 pin. yesterday.
The discussions followed a speech on Vancouver given by the French acting Consul-General, M. P. Auge, guest of honour. Dr. Herman C. E Liu, who presided, introduced the speaker to the gathering.
M. Auge, who was in China from 1920 to 1930, stayed in Vancouver, on the western coast of the Pacific, since 1936. He made a round-the-world trip when coming to Shanghai last October.
Vancouver, the commercial] capital of British Columbia, is situated at one of the world's strategic places. M. Auge said. It stands haughtily it a hollow of the Canadian coast, amidst mountains which majestically sweep to the sea.
Centre of communications by land. by sea and by air, Vancouver links East and West of Canada and also British Columbia with the United States by railways.
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