General Bei Bao-shai immediately upon the receipt of his authority, to liquidate the Shanghai situation, issued the have been instructed by Marshals Sun Chuan-fang and Chi Hsieh-yuan to bring my men to Thsing, Changhsing, Huchow and Sungkiang to participate in the war.
Now, my vanguard has arrived at Lunghua and the other troops of my army will a ive in Shanghai soon.
The armies of Lu Yung-hsiang and Ho Feng-lin have already surrendered.
When we consider the origin of these men, we must realize that we are all of one family. The Central Government has shown its broad-mindedness and has declared an amnesty for the defeated troops. Marshals Sun and Chi have a plan already in hand for the disbandment of these defeated troops. From these facts, it is clear, that the war is over.
Shanghai is a place where foreigners and Chinese live together and conduct commerce on a large scale.
It is my duty to obey the order which hi been given me and to assume {ull responsibility for the protection of life and property of foreigners and Chinese.
Wherever my army goes it is well-dise good care of the merchants and people.
At the present the only danger lies in ignorance of the general situation, in alarms and confusion which are caused by harmful rumours. If any loafers or bad characters try to avail themselves of the present opportunity to stir up trouble, I shall deal with them in accordance with the law.
May all who are concerned take notice. discussions of the problem with interested parties.
The Kiangsu leaders object to fighting at this stage of the war. It will create hysteria in Shanghai and can only lead to the killing of a few men and a mad scramble by the remainder for safety. On the other hand, they feel that this ridiculous situation cannot continue, They hold everything in the city, except a railway station. The "snipers" have entrenched themselves in a position where they can prevent trains from coming in and going out. Otherwise the railway would have been repaired and operating by to-day. It is therefore felt that a solution will have to be found to-day or a fight must ensue,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.