Sun Yat Sen
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Rabaul Chinese Remember
From Our Own Correspondent.
RABAUL, October 20.
WHATEVER it is that the Chinese in China might be currently celebrating, the Chinese of Rabaul, on October 10, celebrated something quite different —the founding of the Chinese Republic, of which Dr. Sun Yat Sen was the first President.
Chiang Kai Shek’s message to his followers this year included an in struction to entertain representatives of friendly governments to show that Nationalist China was behind those nations prepared to resist Communist aggression.
After a day of meetings, sports carnivals and picnics, Rabaul Kuo Min Tang leaders gathered under a specially erected Celebration Arch to welcome prominent Administration Officers and conduct them to a typical Chinese feast, beginning with the traditional bird’s nest soup. Local president, Mr. Seto Soon, welcomed the guests.
Toasts were drunk to Her Majesty, the Prime Minister and Common wealth of Australia, President Chiang Kai Shek, members of the Kuo Min Tang and Nationalist China.