The Archive · 1938

ARMISTICE OF 1932

COMMEMORATED

Japanese Naval, Army Heads Attend Ceremony Commemorating the armistice day of the Shanghai incident of 1922, a ceremony in honour of the Japanese troops slain at that time was held at the Shanghai Shinto Shrine, Kiangwan Road, yesterday morning.

High Japanese military, naval and consular officials and leading r dents of the Japanese community attended the service.

A "sumo" (Japanese wrestling) tournament was held at the compound of the shrine by bluejackets of the Special Naval Landing Party, following the memorial ceremony.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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