Three Day Holiday Ordered by Authorities Worshippers at High Mass Stampeded by Crackers here was a disgraceful occur once at Siccawei Cathedral at Hist "Mass on Christmas eve, when a Tnrge crowd of Chinese rowdies disurbe the solemn service by throwing Chinese crackers, thus causing a Stampede amonget part of the conan, Int and, which even lena pardonable, in-the-two zolled, but it was not until three-of "he transept where nothing latters of an hour later that the
coward the doors happened, there was a stampede chief-of-police arrived on the scene Persons. w fore and was informed of what had hap-the pews; many nearly ened. The prisoners were turned over yeate in the gre uproar, Some to him yesterday morning and taken by way of the windows, dis- to the Siccawei poli station. ing far greater gymnast skill At the first alarm, Father Genin, During the time the officiate priests had remained wit in. the church, peacefully _con-
Gregation, one woman being burt and haviog to be sent to hospital. Vronch' quarter-naster who had the church police, and] s'nuin the Credo She Ur the gang were arrested by! coy qesiating in the ceremony the guard of French Mar es at the! the gun and are now in the bands ("tat occurred tu order to arrest place where the first explo-and the other prayers were chanted 1 the officiating priest as if nothing had happened. The Fathers had hastened to the place where the Shopkeapers, factory and department store managers have been otiticd by the authorities of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai that they must grant three days holiday tu their employees for the New Year, Public offices likewise will be closed for three days for me occasion. The order of the authorities provides, however, that} the newspaper offices and the transportation camps all suspend business for nly, Trains, trams and motor buses will run as usual.
Though permission has been of the Chinese authorities for dis-
Ciplinary action.. Two are reported] so cosily "spin on we wy: el jie) incident aad occurred and exhorted granted to local merchants to close the worshippers to remain quietly their accounts at the end of Jan-
{fo be students of the Central Uni Verity, 870 Avenue Joffre, and two; students from the University of Fine}
Some Culprits Caught in the church, which they did, al-However -a French Marine who] though a sheepishly. vary instead of at the end of this month, the Commissioner of Social vas, one of the Cathedral guard]
At the conclusion if the ceremony, Affairs for Greater Shang! has Arts, Route Dupleix.
'A little before high mass communists, some of several were} et 8
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