Shi 12 a joint proclamation published yesterday, the Shanghai Municipal Councit and the French Concession sued astern warning to members of political parties threatening expulsion and the adoption of the "most drastic steps within their power. punish any person who at this time commits any act prejudicial to the preservation of peace, order and good government.
The proclamation, issued under the seals of both areas, reads as follows:
From the beginning of the present hostilities, the Authorities of the French Concession and the Intertional Settlement have striven coniously to Preserve the neutrality of the areas under their control so that law-abiding residents may continue with security to carry. on their lawful occupations and so that the safety of life and property may be preserved for all persons irrespeeive of nationality. Activities of a political nature, though regarded by those participating in them a3 bein of patriotic character, cannot legiti= mately be carried on in neutral areas whose neutrality is. respected solely because of the existence of the For clan "Authorities of the Concession land Settlement respectively. Associa tions of a political nature can, ae-cordingly, not be allowed to operate the areas under the control of the Authorities of the French Concession and "the International "Settlement, 'Their continued activities would, in the opinion of the authorities con-corned, be inconsistent with that secure' neutrality which it is their common object to preserve for the benefit of the whole community. tis, accordingly, hereby proclaimed wal any person participating in the activities of any such association either directly or indirectly may be denied the sanctuary of the Concession and the Settlement and will be able to expulsion therefrom, Warning is also hereby given that the two authorities concerned "may, any time, without further notice ike any steps that they may deem necessary to take in order better to ensure the preservation of law and order. "In particular, a notification may at any time be issued imposinit without further notice, if so deemed necessary, drastic curfew requ ally, notice is given that the French Concession the Inter tional Settlement. in= y tend to take the most drastic steps within their power to. punish any person who at this time commits a erica tags those of various fumes, which Is so for all right po Dat no sin of the Rising Sun at li told that this Cargo Aboard Tembien that there was But the fact thi now anking oficial use mule HO io Is proof of how blind the SM.C, is to the petual of affairs and of how array woks of the day So oblivious to full of anachtoni of the der th mis the attitude there any won regard the (the Shi Released
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