Americans Welcomed Back to Former Capital Nanking, Jan, 7, Under the dim, flickering light supplied by Nankings temporary power station, the first diplomatic dinner in Nanking since the withdrawal of the Chinese Government was held on Thursday night for the American envoys returning here.
The dinner was given by Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui, Acting Japanese ConsulGeneral for Mr. John B. Allison and Mr, James Espy, of the American Consulate-General in Shanghai, who returned here to reopen the American Embassy.
Arriving at Hsiakwan at li o'clock on Thursday morning aboard a warship, they were the first representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps to return to the former capital Domei.
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