Shanghai Prepares Entering an eventful week historically in the course of the Sino-Japanese hostilities and the probable effect on Shanghai, the special. precautionary measures devised by the. foreign military and civil authorities were introduced early on August" 9. Beneiitting by. experience and events since the last mobilization, A more effective and restrictive system of barbed-wire barricades was introduced. along the Settlement boundaries, while in the French Concession terrorist activities resulted in. the erection of concrete pill boxes all the way from the bottom of Avenue Edward VII at strategic points to the extent of the Concession boundaries. 'Tens of thousands of. people, motor cars, motor trucks and other' vehicles were searched during the day, and the foreign volunteer units were also in' action. In the: Settlement and the French Concession, the Special Police assisted the regulars by taking over "duties, while the Shanghai Volunteer Corps stood' by in uniform for emergencies although they will not be on the street, cording to the precautionary plans, until Satur day, With the experience of previous defence schemes, the Chinese populace wholeheartedly ce-operate in the task of search, even, in some Instances, to the removal of hats at the barriers, although' this was unnecessary and. received ood-humoured correction, " Although—there was no relaxation of vigilane—and there will de. no relaxation until the long period" of emergency has ended—changes in the disposi tion of barricades controlling traffic at essential points had the effect of Improving and acelevating braille movements and. eliminating waffle blocks which marked previous precau~ tionary schemes. On The Bund, for instance, while" vehicular trample was confined to. the narrow opening between the wire in the centre of the rosd, an opening was provided for pedestrians who were searched but were able pars more quickly than before without having to penetrate the massed vehicular trame in the contre of the road where the searchers had their hands full with this one main task. On the whole, an inspection of the scheme to maintain Shanghat's neutrality and prevent internal disorders which might have serious consequences, was carried out eMciently and reflected the careful and detailed organization behind the scheme,
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