Patriotic Chinese Take Oath of Loyalty to Government In observance of the anniversary of the "72 Martyrs Memorial Day," Chinese national flags were flown at half-mast throughout the Settlement and the Concession yesterday. The Chinese courts, the Post Office, the Customs, Chinese schools and public organizations were closed for the day. While no public meeting was held, one-minute silence was observed by patriotic Chinese at noon, after which the oath of loyalty to the Chinese Government and the revolutionary cause was taken.
In a circular issued by a group of Kuomintang members, which wes published in yesterday's Chinese evening papers, the spirit of the 72 heroes who died in their abortive rebellion of March, 1911, was cited, and the Chinese public was urged to give whole-hearted support to the resistance campaign and to fight against any puppet regime.
Ceremonies were held in Hankow, Canton and other cities under the administration of the Chinese Government.
In Canton, Chinese banks, Customs and business houses were closed, according to a Reuter message. Gen. Wu Te-chen, the Governor, attended two functions in the early hours in the morning at the Martyrs' Tomb and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
In a speech honouring the occasion, Gen, Wu said: "We shall remember the patriotism of the hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers, who here died on the battlefields in resisting foreign aggression."
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