Private diary of Robert Dollar on his recent visits to China . farewell demonstration at Shanghai. Theystate that no commercial man had ever before received sucha demonstration. An excerpt from the papers, follows here-with : CAPT. DOLLAR FLIES FLAG OF REPUBLIC AS HE SAILS March 2. 1912—Unfurling a great rainbow flag to thebreeze as the M. S. Dollar tender left the customs jetty andshouting Salute your countrys flag to the hundreds whichhad gathered to bid him farewell, Captain Robert Dollar leftShanghai for San Francisco at five oclock yesterday after-noon. His cry was answered by a tremendou
Private diary of Robert Dollar on his recent visits to China . farewell demonstration at Shanghai. Theystate that no commercial man had ever before received sucha demonstration. An excerpt from the papers, follows here-with : CAPT. DOLLAR FLIES FLAG OF REPUBLIC AS HE SAILS March 2. 1912—Unfurling a great rainbow flag to thebreeze as the M. S. Dollar tender left the customs jetty andshouting Salute your countrys flag to the hundreds whichhad gathered to bid him farewell, Captain Robert Dollar leftShanghai for San Francisco at five oclock yesterday after-noon. His cry was answered by a tremendous cheer fromseveral companies of the Chinese Volunteer Corps, his escortof honor, and the many foreigners on the wharf added wholehearted godspeeds. As the tender shoved into the stream,and made its way down river. Captain Dollar could still beseen waving the flag of the republic until the little craft waslost in the maze of river traffic. The farewell ceremonies attendant on the departure of thevenerable financier, were such as are seldom accorded men in. Y. C. TONG Managing Director of Imperial Telegraphs. Educated in the United States and one of the brightest Men in China
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