! A visit was also made to Yellow
"My wife and I have returned
Flower Hill to view the Memorial from Canton with the memories of in honour of the famous "72 two of the most wonderfully happy Heroes," and here Sir Andrew days in our lives. It was our ex- Caldecott laid a beautiful wreath treme good fortune that on our to their memory.
first introduction to China we were Coming back to the city, an in-able to pay our respects personally spection was made in turn of the to the Generalissimo and Madame Museum at the Five-Storeyed Chiang Kai-shek, and our only re- Pagoda, and the stone Memorial to gret was that the latter's indis- Dr. Sun Yat-sen on the hill over-position necessitated her leaving We are looking Canton and of the beauti- for Kuling yesterday.
looking forward to hearing that the change of climate has resulted in her complete recuperation.
ful Memorial Hall, which was |greatly admired. At 12.30 p.m. Sir Andrew, Mr. Herbert Phillips, H.
"Words fail me to describe the M. Consul-General, Mr. W. F. S".
warmth and friendliness with' Gibbs, H. M. Consul, Captain A. R. Halfhide, R.S., and Captain W. J. which we were received and the A. Cragg, A.D.C., proceeded to the excellence of the arrangements Municipal Administration Build-made for us. I was particularly ing to lunch with General Huang [struck by the smartness of the Mu-sung, Chairman of the Pro-Guards of Honour and the efficiency vincial Government, General Yu of the police arrangements. We Han-mow, Pacification Commis- were very sad that owing to the with an sioner, and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Mayor's indisposition the Mayor of Canton. The latter, attack of fever we were unable to being unfortunately ill, was re- make the same personal contact presented by Colonel i Fong. with him as we so much enjoyed Here a Guard of Honour and a making with Their Excellencies the band was also provided.
Chairman of the Provincial Gov-
INFORMAL DINNER
ernment and the Pacification Com- At 8 p.m. on Friday an informal missioner. The Mayor's Secretary dinner was given by Mr. Herbert was indefatigable in his kind ser- Phillips in honour of His Excel-vices to us and in showing us lency the Generalissimo and Sir round. We have come away deep- Andrew and Lady Caldecott. This ly impressed by the progress of was the first time that the Gen-urban development and by those eralissimo had visited Sha-marvels of modern Chinese archi- meen. A party of 18 included the tecture, the Sun Yat-sen Univer- Chairman of the Provincial Gov-sity and the Memorial Hall. ernment, General Huang Mu-sung,! "We had a wonderful send-off at and General Yu Han-mow, Pacifi-the station and I was happy to cation Commissioner, Colonel Li think that it was a case of 'au Fong (deputising for the Mayor), revoir and not adieu,' for we both Dr. Wang Chung-hui, General look forward to visiting Canton Chien Ta-chun, Mr. T.'L. Sung, another day and to meeting members of the Consulate staff kind hosts again, not only there and other officials. Madare Chiang but, we very much hope, as our was unable to attend as she had guests in Hong Kong." left by air for Kuling that morn- ing.
A Guard of Honour of Indian police was drawn up at the Pier on the arrival of the Generalissimo. At the Consulate-General a naval Guard from H.M.S. Tarantula was mounted.
After a most successful informal visit Sir Andrew and Lady Calde-| cott returned to Hong Kong by the 8.15 a.m. train yesterday.
On arriving in Hong Kong yes- terday morning H.E. the Governor and Lady Caldecott were met by Press representatives and stayed 'for a few moments to inspect a rail- way coach which has been convert- ed into an observation car, charm- ingly furnished. Mr. R.
D. Walker, manager of the Kowloon Section, and Mr. J. Smith, mechanical engineer, showed the visitors the details of the coach.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S MESSAGE
To the Press representatives Sir Andrew Caldecott gave the follow- ing message in response to their enquiries as to his impressions of this visit to Canton.
our
A great crowd at the Station gave the Governor and Lady Calde- an enthusiastic "welcome cott back" as they left by launch for
Hong Kong.
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