More Stringent than Last Week's; The Ruin that Striking Causes te China; Intimidation No Patriotism dey, July 14.
Generel Shing Sz-lien, Command-ex in charge of martial law in ung and Shanghai, on Sunday i Sued a further proclamation which Yeads as follows:— since the May 20 case was referred to Peking, the people in vas fous lines who realize the difficult—ses of the authorities, have become silent pending a settlement, while my peaceful attitude is also known to the merchants eand residents who carry on their business and at~ tend to their respective affairs This will not only be benet the locality but also to the nation. However, Shanghai is a higo place where law-abiding people and bad characters are living together in-Siseriminately and its condition is chaotic, Bad characters in the Martial Law Area take advantage of the chaos to further their selfish ends. Several proclamations and orders prohibiting this practice Thave been issued. However, the people to whom our injunctions ere addressed disregarded them. These bad characters at first conducted thei campaign under the cloak of "patriotism", but. later they audaciously pursued their selfish aims without any effort to Justify themselves. Instead "of helping, their action will injure the country and will also seriously feet peace and good order in this Yoeality. Moreover, the maj of there bad characters have claim-to be members of the labour organizations. Inquiries were mad But these societies refused to admi that this was so. This shows that the bad characters ure the name of public organizations without authority to facilitate their plans and to menace the peace. If they are not rascals who make a practice of extorting money, they are malefactors bent on the destruction of peace and good order. The relation of these Jacts causes me pain, Apart from twapervising the Commanders of regiment, battalions and military Police to send out men to trace and elect their arrest, I issue this proclamation advising you, the mer-@hants and people, that you have your own professions and families You should not be footed by these tairereants, neither should you run the risk of getting into trouble by exceeding the limits of proprietary.
the May 30 case has been re-furred to Peking to deal with, jus-ice will certainly be upheld and.sclution will be found by the @entral Government. In the meantime nobody should create trouble. Any bad characters found acting foatrary to law or who are acute? of doing 0 will be arrested and prised according to wut leniency. This précla Gon in issued for wide circulation no that all will know its contents.
The following is a list of the plae-Len where the proclamation was pos tea:
The S.N.R. Station (North) and vicinity. Chinese territory bordering the North Chekiang, North Paoshan, Bactung, Mongolia, Tatung and Mong Woo Roads, Chapei.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.