In compliance with the wishes of Marshal Petain, Chief of the French State, celebrations in Shanghat on the occasion of France's National Day were of a subdued nature.
The first ceremony of the day took place at the Pahsienjao Cemetery where M. Henri Cosme, French Ambassador to China, laid a wreath at the Monument des Morts. In the upper picture, M. Cosme is seen reviewing the Guard of Honour in the cemetery; accompanying him is M. Roland de Margerie, French Consul General in Shanghai (at left), with many other French officials behind, Later in the morning, a reception was held by the French Consul-General at the Consulate; the picture below shows M. Roland de Margerie giving.his speech at this function.
Slight Change Noted In Labour Situation Suly 11.
A lightning strike,' staged by the employees of the Zee Chung Dao medicine shops yesterday morning was the only feature of an el wise quiet day on the labour fron The dispute at the concern, Avhic has {ts head office at 101 Avenue Road, affected the company's thirteen branches, both in the International Settlement and French Concession.
The strike, involving 200 out of the 300 employees, broke out after the workers had presented the management with demands for better treatment and reinstatement of dlsmissed workers. The shops, how. fever, were not closed and continued doing business with skeleton statis.
Negotiations were opened on the spot and, although no conerete agreement had been reached, the strikers greed to resume work pending an understanding with the management.
The other strikes in the city re-maintd without change. These are at the China Electric Ca., the Foh Shing Tobacco Ca, the bean, rice and cereal hongs, and the Clements Apartments. Unrest among the workers of the China General Omnibus Ca. also continued yesterday, but was said that an understanding might be reached in time to avert a gene eral strike, which would tie up half of the transportation facilities in the Tnternational Settlement.
At present there are about 1,700 workers on strike in the city.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.