Proof that French Concession off cials were leaving nothing to chance was to be seen along Avenue Haig Where almost every side. street and alleyway running from. that street were blocked by vicious looking en-fanglements of barbed wire, The Intersections which were not. barzlfaded were watched over by grim ooking armoured cars or ugly, squat, cement pillboxes of recent construc:
Shotgun Boulevard," or Avenue Edward Vil, was the most carefully watched street in. the entire city, Barbed wire barricades were flung street intersections "on both fides of the road while the thourougfare itself was carefully patrolled by units of the French Concession and International Settlement. Replachia U.S, Marines, who had been on duty that sector west of Vu Ya Ching Road in the past few days, members of the American Ca, S.V.C. yesterday took over. the" guard "on the Southern border of the Settlement.
Even the Boy Scouts did their bit Shanghai's volunteers rallied to the defencoramparts, These lads did their "daily good deed" yesterday by acting as runners and bicycle messengers for the various commands of the S.V.C, thus relieving more Able bodied "volunteers for more strenuous duty. In all, it was Inspiring spectacle to observe Shanghats civilian forees step out of their business offices and quietly take up arms with the regular forces, mille ary, and police, to ensure protection fo "their "fellow citizens, with no thought of reward other. than. the realization that they wre doing their duty.
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