Anti-Japanese activity in the early part of 1937 was insignificant, propaganda in this connection being confined to isolated oases of chalking slogans on walls. The fifth anniversary of the Sino-Japanese hostilities (January 28, 1937) was observed quietly, In May, a smuggled goods boycott committee was formed and in June two mass meetings were held in Nantao demanding the release of ihe seven national salvation leaders "under detention in Soochow. These prisoners were set at liberty on July 31. In July, after fighting had broken out in North China between the Chinese and Japanese forces, anti-Japanese sentiment was intensified and people of all vocations of life urged support of the Chinese troops and resistance to Japanese invasion "Numerous meetings were held, telegrams were despatched by Chinese public bodies and ways and means were devised for raising funds, In Shanghai propaganda reached its peak in October and November when the Chinese.public vociferously demanded resistance to the bitter end, the severance of relations with Japan, and the application of sanctions against Japan by the Nine Power Conference then in session at Brussels, Police suppression of subversive activities in the Settlement coupled with the change in November in the loca) political situation following the withdrawal of Chinese forces caused a general cessation of political propaganda.
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