"Today you are celebrating Independence Day, the anniversary that day one hundred and sixty-five years ago-waen your forbears broke away from Brith rule, and gave birth to the motion which has ralsed. the standa 3 of individual liberty and welfare to 2 new level. But the "I hive been asked to say a few words of friendship to the American community. In Shanghai. I accented the invitation because it seemed to sine that it ought to be easy to say something that one feels so sincerely and so deeply And yet it is, just the things one feels most to which it most dificult to give expression Friendship with Americans is nota Jnew thing in my own personal and oficial ife- "All through my service lof over 30 years in China. I have had many ¢lose American friends and cleavage that occurred that day seems now only to. stron the es of kinsmanahip, the similarity of Outlook and sdeals, that bind the com. munities of two great nations that in all essentials feel the same way.
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