The 15th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Republic yatzsed off quietly on Sunday without any untoward fricident, 'A number of agitators had proviously attempted to organize a "patriotic" demonstration and '0 take advantage of the situation to start trouble, but, upon hearing of this, the local authorities,—actine undiy instructions from Dr. V. K.
Ting and Gen. Yen Chun-yang, troduced strict martial law early: on Saturday morning and this continued until 42, o'clock on Mon-night. All meetings, di monstrations, processions and pub-lie speeches were banned, and eqitators were warned that, should any of them be caught, they would summarily be tried and "x. ecuted. To enforce this order Teave was withheld from memoirs of the Shanghai and Woosung Police and the 13th Chekiang Regiment. As a further precaution against trouble, munition carriers with bicycles were ordered to stand by. but their services fortunately were rot required, In the International Settlement and the French Conccssion, precautionary measures halve: been adopted against trouble mak vers, and there was no disturba:.e'
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