Memorial services for Japanese and Chinese troops killed in the hostilities in Central China were opened yesterday at the Yufossu Temple at Penang and Gordon Roads under the auspices of the Ta Tao Government headed by Mr. Ssu Shih-wen, the "Shanghai Mainichi" said yesterday.
The services will continue until April 9 and will include rites of the Buddhist, Mohammedan, Christian, Taoist and Confucianist faiths. To-day Japanese Shinto and Buddhist priests and pastors will take part in the services It is expected that Japanese military and naval commanders and officiale will give memorial addresses and present floral tributes. Ofi expected to participate include General Shunroku Hata and Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, respective: ly Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force im Central China and of the Japanese China Sea Fleet; Mr. Masayuki Tani, Japanese Minister-at-Large, and Mr, Masusaburo Amano, President of the" Japanese Residents' Corporation,
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