The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-07
BANQUET At SHANGHAI
To LORR|N ANDREWS

The following is from the Shanghai
Mercury Of September II:
A company of about so Americans
and other nationalities, friends of Mr..
Lorrin Andrews, assembled at the
Astor House last evening for the pur-
pose of giving Mr. Andrews COM
plimentary farewell dinner prior to
his departure for Washington, ID. c.
Mr.. Brooks was POSTMASTER and the
toast of the President of the United
States was given by Mr.. w. Porter
Boyd, u. S. Vice Consul General in
charge. The POSTMASTER then said the
original idea had been that few
friends would give a quiet dinner to
Mr.. Andrews, but as others heard of
it they insisted on being present until
it was necessary to limit the number.
They did not wish to make formal
affair of the matter as time was short,
but the gathering was gathering of
"a few of Mr.. Andrews friends in
Shanghai to wish him God speed and a
successful return. Mr.. Brooks then
dwelt upon the high qualities of Mr..
Andrews and remarked that he did not
think Mr.. Andrews had an enemy in
Shanghai at the present time Zap
plause).
Mr.. Andrews was called upon to re-
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with musical honors and three hearty
cheers. He replied briefly, expressing
his appreciation of the hearty manner
in which his health had been toasted
and spoke highly of the American
colony in Shanghai and urged all Amer
leans to stand together. He was 60
ing away and he hoped to come back
again, but this would depend upon a
series of circumstances. He was 60
ing in way to fight the fight of the
American colony in Shanghai; he was
going to ask for justice and proper
treatment of Americans in Shanghai
from their great government in Wash
ington which was SO far away that it
sometimes forgot that they were the
pioneers; that they were doing theI
same work that their forefathers did
when they went from Europe and set
tied upon the Atlantic coast of Amer
lea and later journeyed across the
Rocky mountains and settled the great
states of the Pacific slope. While he
was away the American colony could
assist him in his fight by forgetting
the motto which it was claimed pre-
vailed here of "every man for him
self" and by taking up the motto
call for one. and one for all Gap
plause.)
Mr.. S. H. Mexican spoke in reply to |
the toast of the British Bar, of which |
he said he had the honor to be a men, |
Der. He had known Mr. Andrews since
he had been in Shanghai and during |
the whole course of his connection |
with Mr.. Andrews he must say that |
any slur which had been cast upon
him in any court of justice in Shang-
hal had in his opinion been cast most
He was sure as a colleague
of his he was only too pleased, in fact
he considered himself fiattered to be
associated with Mr.. Andrews in any
matter, and in social life he had found |
him one of the very best. He did not
say this in any way as they called it
at home of sfblarney'' but he said
it straight out. Mr.. Andrews had al
ways been friend of his and he had
only been too willing to give him as
sistance. He thanked all present for
the way in which they had given the
toast OF the English Bar which, as the
POSTMASTER had properly said, was a
sister 3ar-though the members of the i