Introduction of curfew in the Inter~ national Settlement was announced In a proclamation by the Municipal Council yesterday. "Under the head-Ing, "Emergency Measures," the proclamation reads:—
"For the better preservation of peace and good order of the Settle ment and for the protection of all peaceful Residents, "Warning is hereby issued by the 'Council for the Foreign Community of Shanghai that all' residents are required to remain within their residence "between the hours of 10 pin. and 5 am, "Any person contravening any of the terms of this warning, or interfering with the Police or other duly authorized officers of the Council engaged in the maintenance of peace snd good order, or usurping the authority vested in them, or otherwise guilty of any action whatsoever prejudicial to peace and good order, will be arrested forthwith.
"Compliance with the above reculations will be rigidly enforced.
"Curfew passes will be issued only to persons engaged on work of a special or urgent nature. Only passes issued by the Shanghai Municipal Police and French Police will be recognized in the Settlement, Passes may be obtained on applica tion tq Shanghsi Municipal Police, Trame Licensing Omce, inside Central Police Station Compound. Appileants must bring two copies of pholo=
This follows similar action by the French Concession authorities.
The following nlieton hasbeen aod he eet tty Carian of Peel he cee slant Scent it ne Come issuer at Soles Swe res stanion mare pd ate, Shangtial, Aug. 16, That the Japanese had now landed JsuMicient men to make the Hongkew area safe was the gist of a statement made yesterday by the officer commanding the section of the Japanese Landing Party guarding Hongkew, Lieut-Commdr, Gonshichi Mizoguchi.
This announcement came towards the end of a day of comparative Jquiet, when. fighting at the "front" Jin Chapel, Iiangwan, and the east ern district was of @ minor natu and the principal excitement was caused by bursts of anti-aircraft fire from Japanese warships in the Whangpoo, directed at occasional Chinese planes that passed overhead. Tk was reported that one of these planes was brought down in Chapel, spite of the rain and poor visibility which made shooting as dificult for the gun-crews as it did; for the bombers in the planes.
The entire Hongkew district, the statement claimed, has been cleared of snipers by the joint efforts of the Japanese Landing Party, the Shang-hal Municipal Police and the Japanese Gendarmerie.
'Japanese civilians were asked by. the "officer to "place full reliance upon the Japanese Navy and show jealmness and restraint becoming nationals of @ great power.'
Two Japanese seaplanes at 7 jotelock yesterday morning peppered the buildings of the North Station and the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration with machine-gun fire from an altitude of about 200 metres, the Third Fleet announced,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.