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r*to HaveJuly 29thForest Lions have been fortunate itf rang able to secure otic of the most tn* lightened speakers on the subject of Japanese people, for their meeting of Thursday. July 29th. The man is Henry Hugh Tbotnas, British Counsul General stationed in Chicago. His subject will he ' The Japanese as f Know Them.Henry Hugh Thomas, who arrived in Chicago on December 12, 1942, to take up his duties as Consul under the Consul General here, returned to America after seventeen years' absence. He interrupted his studies at Cambridge, England, to spend one year at Yale in 1925.In 1927 Thomas entered the Consular«rvurc .and took up his first post at Tokyo, During his four years in Japan, Thomas assiduously learned Japane.se. m succeeded su welt that afier a brie; appointment to Manila in 1932, he rc* turned to Japan. During thbse two tours of duty lie served at Tokyo. Yokohama. Osaka, SoouL and Nagasaki After a yfcar in the Foreign Office, he xsas serii to B.hangahi as '‘Consul for Japancxc Affairs' at the British Consulate Genera) there. There he remained until the Japanese interned him after the war with Japan broke out in 1941. He was eventually repatriated in October lt;f 1942, by way of Africa. He had been seriously ill during his inu*rninen1, but after five hectic wcks seeing wartiim England, Mr. Thomas at mice left for his new post in Chicago.. Mr. Thomas has extremely interesting things to tell of his years in the Orient. ‘In Shanghai.’* lie says, “the actual outbreak of war came almost as a relief after months ami years of growing tension. The sight of Japanese bayonets \vas nothing new to us. However, I consider myself fnntmaie to have gut out of the enemy’s hands without actual ill-treatment. Many of my friends were not so lucky.*’Everyone in Forest Park is invited to hfar lV{r, Thomas. The Lions hold their meetings at. Richard s restaurant on Thursday noop. If you wish to eumc fbr ' lijfich notify Leslie Bcigcr so the0 correct nuinber of meals ntay be prepared for, however if you wish to come only to hear this splendid speaker you may ar« • rlyc at 1 o'clock, There will be no charge and everyone is cordially invited . Iq^ be the guest of tbs chib.
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Review and Forest Parker
Forest Park, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1943
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