The Archive · 1934

May A0 Anniversary Passes Off Quietly

May 20, anniverssty of the Nan~ ing' Road Incident of 1025, passed gulely ast Wednesday, and there Were. no disturbances.

Police stood. By in all: Shanghai areas and went about the streets in Parle, "but everything proceeded Local Chinese newspapers observed the duy as 8 holiday, while two In dustral concerns algo closed "down, the Nanyang Tobacco, Factory at 766 Seward Road (2.000, hands) Twa, Chen Cigarette Factory, 340 Wayside Mond 2000 hands).

'A memorial Zervice was held at tne: North Paoshing. Rond -semetery {or those" who. were killed in. the May 10 Incident, attended by. a Eovd, including. Messrs. ching and Wang Shao-1i. frow at half-mast Quiet as it was, the May 30 an niversary did not pass entirely without incident, for one young Chinese, sppeared at Chekiang and Nanking Road Corner. Just about 720. pin. hho dropped a handful of inflammatory handbills, let off a couple of firecrack~ the powers in were after him. He was not caught.

"The May 0 incident centred about the Louza Police Station, where ar-! rested student demonstrators and their followers attempted to rush the station and were fired on.

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