Col. Prince Tsunenori Kaya, serving with the Japanese Expeditionary Force to Central China, will head a distinguished group high Japanese military naval and; civilian officials who will gather at 9.30 o'clock this morning at Tazang to unveil a memorial dedicated to the souls of 20,000 Japanese officers and men who lost their lives in the Sino-Japanese hostilities near here last year.
Lieut-Gen. Prince Yasuhiko Osaka, who took part in the conflict last year, and Gen, Iwane Matsui, commander-in-chief of the original Japanese expeditionary force to Shanghai, will be represented by proxies.
Details from all Japanese units now active on the Central China front, comprising about 500 officers a&nd men, will also be present. Japanese residents in Shanghai have been urged by the Residents' Corporation to attend.
The ceremony, lasting one hour, will be broadcast throughout Japan through a special hook-up from Station XOJB.
A buffet luncheon will be served. Following the conclusion of the official phase of the celebrations, various entertainments will be presented in keeping with the custom at Japanese Shinto shrine festivals Geisha, taxi-dancers, and troupes of professional entertainers, led by the ballet troupe of Mr. Hak Ishii, will present programmes.
Menmers of the British Women's Association and their friends are advised that by popular request the Musical and Dramatic Section are putting on their Operetta "King Thrushbeard" again on Saturday. December 10 at 5.30 pin. Tickets may be obtained at the office.
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