To A Departing Friend With the farewell parade today ofan interna anal guard of honour draten from the Shanghai Defence Force, Major-General A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett will have accomplished ohe more step the: arduous task. of snying goodbye. to Shanghai, Like" so" many who. have achieved Popularly "in. Shanghai' be has. been. Being through the herculean task of eating his way out of the port, and whatever regret he. may Teel at leaving it will be tempered by the tact that for a time at least he will be able to tale a well-earned rests Major-General Teller-Smoltett was in Shanghst when the 'China Incident. was brought. to its doors during those' tragic. days of August, 1937, and within a very short while he established hhimselt os a real leader of men, and' one to whom the community 8 well as the other "commanders inthe Shanghai. Defence Force could look with the utmost confidence. 'The port was Indeed fortunate in the leadership of the various military and. naval commanders Matloned here, and the Major-General is one of the outstanding figures ina group of men' who the protection of their nationals rendered 20 much teal "service tothe inhabitants of this port which was so sorely stricken atthe: time. 'The large number of presentations which have been made to him bear witness to the very real regard in which he is held by the various sections of the. Shanghai. community, and may rest_agsured that they are not by any means mere' expressions of courtesy, but teste many 10 the manner in which he has endeared himsait to the people he is leaving, Tt ip such that for his own sake she should' be" advised not to accept the suggestion of creaing a refugee zone in Guernsey, for it he attempts to do any such thing, his geniality may tempt Shanghai to {ake him at his Word. "Throughout his stay here has handled a very delicate situation with the almost patience and unfailing courtesy, and yet with a firmness withal which has' been inost™ heartening to his. fellow. nationals Shanghai has had many distngulshed "emeers ile midst. from time to time, but Major~ General 'Peifer-Smotlet may rest' assured. this tone has been parted from seth so much cal regret as himtelt. That Is indeed high praise, but in the circumstances more. than merited.
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