President of French Ex-Service Association The French _ex-service men's association in Shanghai (Amicale des Anciens Combattants de la Grande Guerre) some time _ago passed a resolution inviting Marshal Joffre to become their Honorary President.
A_leticr has now been received by M. P. Lo Bris, the President, from the Marshal's secretary accepting the position, a free translation of which fellows "Marshal Joffre instructs me to say how much he appreciates the kindly thought you have had in offering him the position of Honorary President of the Amicale des Anciens Combattants de la Grande Guerre resident in China.
"He accepts with great pleasure. He cannot remember without emotion the very warm welcome which you gave him in Shanghai a year ago, and he asks me to convey to sou, with his—best wishes for the success of your generous work, an expression of his affectionate and devoted sentiments."
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