Avoust 18—the second anniversary of Shanghai, Aug. 14. the commencement of host ities in Shanghai has passed. Its passing was as quiet as its entrance.
No untoward incidents marred the calm of the Settlement and French Concession.
There were no terrorist out breaks. Indeed terrorists would have been foolhardy souls had they attempted to create disorder in Shanghai yesterday for so thorough were the precautions it would probably have been an impossibility to escape retribution.
Only incidents to break the tranquility of the were a small anti-British demonstration in Hungjao, and parades against the Gen, Chiang Kai-shek regime in Hongkew.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.