Peaceful Proceedings in Shanghai and District Marked by public manifestations of enthusiasm, and a complete absene of disturbances of any kind, Shanghai on Wednesday celebrated the Double Tenth Festival in a maze of Nationalist flags displayed from julidings of every type.
In many of the streets were. to be seen a riot of colour by day and a bewilderment of lights by night, and the double celebration lof the 17th anniversary of the birth of the Republic and the second anniversary of the capture of Wuchang by the revolution forces passed off without as much as a single encounter between the aus thorities and the many roving bands of "students" and patriots who ranged through the Chinese sections of the port, holding im-Promptu meetings and delivering exhortations on the unity of the country and what it promised for the future.
Though the police and military authorities took extra prodsutions to guard against what looked the inevitable outcome of such an opportunity for troublemakers, there was not one instance where anything of serious consequence curred and the two branches of the local defence forces were able to congratulate themselves last night on the peaceful celebration of such a holiday,
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