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Foreign News: Cheng’s Coo

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Lady Cripps. head of the British United Aid to China Fund, reached Nanking with her young daughter last week, bringing British good will, good works and goods, including a 24-piece dessert service for Madame Chiang Kaishek, and a 40-piece porcelain tea service for Madame Sun Yatsen. The Chinese responded with an enthusiastic welcome, including a poem in her honor by Ambassador to Britain Cheng Tien-hsi:

Millions of Hangs and Wangs with open arms

Albion’s maiden envoy will embrace,

Whose rare benevolence and natural charms

Profoundly touch the heart of an ancient race.

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