On the occasion of their impending departure from Shanghai, M. Knobel, Counsellor of the French Embassy and Mme. Knobel, were the guests of honour at a dinner party given at the Cercle Sportif Francais on Saturday, their many friends acting as hosts.
The party as such, was one of the merries: in recent months end contrary to custom. no special seating arrangements had been made ier the large number of diners, each one choosing his or her own seat. Af'er an excellently served dinner had been suitably concluded with a toast in honour of M. and Mme.
Knobel.
M. J. Barraud, in speaking on behalf of the couple's friends, regretted their impending departure but expressed the hope that, after a few years perhaps, M. Knobel would return to this city where he was so popular and where, by the accom-pushments of various difficult tasks, he had gained the entire confidence not only of the French community but of Shanghai as a whole.
M. Baraud also stated that the Dramatic Group of the Alliance Francaise would lose one of its keenest members in M. Knobel, who had always displayed great interest in the propagation of French culture in Shanghai.
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