NEWLY devised mobilization scheme passed its test yesterday to the entire satisfaction of the Settlement and Concession authorities, when every member of Shanghai's police, military and volunteer units was either on duty or ready to join his respective unit at a moment's notice.
Never, since the days of November 1937, did Shanghai seem so martial.
Uniforms were seen everywhere as members of the S.V.C. attended their places of business in military garb, whilst the streets were being patrolled by military ahd police parties, the latter stopping pedestrians and searching them and their belongings, whilst throughout the day, hotels, restaurants, bath-houses, tea-houses and other establishments were visited and the premises carefully searched.
Not only armed units ce-operated however, as shortly after midnight on Thursday already, P. W. D. coolies Both of the Settlement and the Con-Gession, busied themselves with bar-fielding certain streets in accordance with the mobilization plan. This work was completed well before the military and police patrols were seen in, the city's thoroughfares shortly after 5 a. when pedestrians and vehicles were subjected to close searches and military patrols took charge of their respective sectors.
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