Shanghai, May 31.
Mr, W. J, Keswlele was the guest of honour ai the monthly thin of the committee of the Royal Society of St. George (Shanghai Branch) at the Shanghai Club, yesterday, under the chairmanship of the President, Dean, 'AES, Trivett. The board was graced. with "the golf trophy, which St. George's recovered from'St. Andrew's Society recently.
The Dean, in proposing a toast to the guest of honour, remarked, that most_men in Shanghai had three ambitions, to become heads of their rms, to render some public service and eventually to retire comfortably, Their guest had achieved we of those ambitions. He was the head of his firm, and in rendering service to the public now occupied the hishest post it was possible for him to occupy in Shanghai, namely, that of chaleman of the Shanghai Munisipal Council, and it was to be roped that when the time came for his retirement he would do so with the kaowledge of honourable service to the community. He recalled that Mr. Keswick in accepting the chairmanship of the Munielpat Council was: following in the footsteps of his! father and his grandfather before him, and expressed the thought that doubtless he was already grooming hhis young son, Henry, to follow in Ils footsteps.
Mr, Keswick returned thanks for the honour "at being the guest of honour, and in the course of an eloquent speech warned his hearers! against paying attention to the rumours "which were current in Shanghai. With regard to the war he remarked that some people ai eared to think that the Allies were already nine down at the turn, That was an idea he could not accept, but preferred to think that they were
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.