Chinese Flags at Half Mast:
No Meeting Held The sixth ions on the part of a few the' statement continued, "react unfavourably upon Japan ood name, hamper the peaceful and the legal activities of Japanese residents here, and tend jo defeat the rear objective of the Japanese Ex= peditionary Force'
This goal, the declaration emphasized, is the overthrow of the! former Nanking Government. The Japanese Army, it added, desires to fusure the Chinese people as a whole fof peace, not to regard it as Japan's enemy.
"Any illegal action, tending to contravene this policy, will be punished by the authorities without merey. the statement declared. the Internationa Settlement and the French Coneessi In former sears, Chinese public bodies usually' sent delegates {othe Tomb. of the Unknown Soldier Miaohang. where one of the severest battles was fought in the rst. war. In addition, memorial meetings were held by public bodies. and. Kuomintang ollieials.
Tu view of the present situation in Shanghai, all these ceremonies were omitted on Jan. 26,
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