The police of the three adminis trative areas of Shanghai are operating to keep the city as 4 fas possible during May 30 and not expected that any serious dis-Aurbances will take place either in the Settlements or on Chinese ter ritory. During the entire month of May processions and demo will be: prohibited in all 'A report that a procession would be allowed in the French Concession lly denied by the French authorities, who are working tion with the other police tions.
The only meeting which will take place on May 30 with police consent will he the burial ceremony over the May 30 dead. It ix understood that General Yen of the Chinese police will personally attend this ceremony, which will be onerly and short. Those in charge of the ar-angements have been cautioned that no processions can follow the funeral "ceremony and thag_no inflammatory. =peeches can be made. It is understood that they have made themselves responsible to the Chinece authorities for the good behaviour of the crowd.
Chinese end foreign authorities lay particular stress on the importance of not paying attention to false rumour: which are maliciously spread by interested parties. The aments made in the foregoing Paragraphs have official sanction and therefore may be accepted as '2 refutation of the rumours, which we do not reproduce, but which one hears in the city.
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