ESTERDAY'S observances of Shanghai, Nov. 12 Armi ice Day were marked by realization of the special significance of the ceremony th year, and it was a remembrance day for those who iced their lives in the last war and this.
Shanghai marked the in a quieter and more solemn manner th: has been the practic during past yea everywhere the senti rent was one of sorrow og tribute was pa to those who had died high for a cause in which they whole-heartedly believed! cause of justice and peace.
Once again men fight and dying for this cause, and it was for them, as well those of 1914
1918, that Armistice Day was observed yesterday, Britons and Frenchmen joined in common observance at the War Memorial-at 8.20 am. when a huge wreath of poppies was laid by Mr Ht, George, British Consul-General, representing the combined British Notional Societies and the United Services, This was the only wreath laid by: the British community, since Ahad been decided to dispense swith this customary tribute, and donate the Central War Fund instead, -Fiv wreaths were Iaklby the French isthe the found of the Japanese Empire were obser sd'at the Shanghai Shu on Kiangwan Koad at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. while an hour late elaborate ceremonies were Weld in Par
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