Press Greets Return of City to Normal Tokyo, July 18 Martial law In the Tokyo district was lifted at midnight last night after being in effect for more than twenty weeks since the mutiny of February 26.
The "IUjl Shimpo," a leading daily, said that the nation will hail "with great relief" the lifting of martial Taw, "which was a constant reminder of the state of unrest to the nation."
The "Chugai Shogyo," a leading commercial journal, expressed its pellet that the nation would be de-
Hivered from an oppressive feeling} caused by martial law.
'A tribute was pald to the people by the "Yomiur! Shimbun," a prom minent metropolitan paper, for their alm attitude and hearty ce-operation with the authorities in the maintenance of peace and order since the incident. "The atmosphere, the journal said, will become perfectly clear "only when the cleaning-up campaign inaugurated by military authorities is. consummated."
Financial and business circles welcomed the lifting of martial law, al though the stock market to-day failed to register any changes—Domel,
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