SHANGHAI FORCES

Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5

SHANGHAI FORCES

GENERAL DUNCAN LEAVES A ROUSING SEND-OFF. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, January 31, (Received February 1, at noon.) General Duncan, who lias commanded the Allied foreign forces at Shanghai for eleven months, lias sailed for London. His departure was marked by a unique demonstration of international friendship, guards of honor being provided by the United States marines, the French colonial troops, Portuguese, Italian, and Japanese landing forces, detachments of Shanghai volunteers, and the Indian branch of the municipal police. General Duncan’s car was preceded and followed by an escort of armored cars and police motor cyclists through tlio main streets Ho embarked at the foreshore of the International Settlement amidst extraordinary public enthusiasm. The Allied navies dressed their ships, and he was given a typical Chinese send-off, with a deafening outburst of fire crackers.

The officials at the farewell included representatives of the Nationalist Government, who testified to the cordial relationship established by General Duncan’s “Peace Army,” as it is now widelyknown.