New Britain herald., 1927-03-21
state Of Emergency.

vicinity. One foreign constable was i injured.
 state of Emergency. The declaration of q state of l emergency warns against loi.orius 2 ] in the streets. forhids assem plies and
 demonstration without written per l mission from the municipal counci! | and advises erSidonts to remain
 in their houses during the hours Of
 darkness.
 The council expresses its intention ! 10 continue cooperating with the l Chinese authorities and directing all i it's energies and resources toward maintaining order and insurinS safe 1 Y of life and property in the area ! under it's control. l. declares 1t will
 vigorously suppress al! forms ol Violence and disorder, and to this end will not hesitate to use the | means at it's disposal.'
 Finally it warns against the ac-
 tivties of professional agita-ors who l are taking advantage of the disturb
 ed conditions Ito preach class ! Itllti ul q liIiit W ilhli l'it1 q e 4A' 4i and moderation are more than ever ! necessary"
 Marines Are I3pdcd Shanghai, March 21. tPA-Shang- 1 hal was virtually in control Of the Chinese nationalist forces today. | The southerners entered tho native i city this morning. When disorders l developed near the borders Of the | international settlement, soon after | the nationaists arrived. 15Qo United States marines were landed, while the Japanese landed 900 ma rines.
 Immediately q general strike was l ordered to celebrate the coming Of | the southerncrs. When it went into 1 effect at noon. there was every indi- cation there would be widespread
 response by all classes ot workers. | The trans in tho international set | tlement were the first to cease , operations; then the cliectives in 1 the largest cotton mills left their work. The strike is entirely political as show of sympathy with the na- tionalist victory and to prove t,c solidarity of labor.
 i Make show of Force Just prior to the nationalist al-
 vance into the prize city, l.20o 1 United States marines from the transport Chaumont route-marahed through the principal streets with full field equipment, steel helmets, i fixed bayonets and machine guns. The march was not connected with l the Chinese military situation. II was merely to exercise the marines who returned to the ship lmmcdi- ately after the parade.
 General Pi Shu-Chen. commander of the northern forces m Shanghai. is reported to have taken refuge in the French concession. The Can- tonese have cut the Shanghai 1, Nanking railway.
 For days past the fall Of Shang- hai had been q foregone conclusion, the southern armies had kept up a steady hammering at local points in the northern line, capturing key positions in rapid succession. Gy the collapse Of Shangtungese da fensa of the Songkiang from southwest of Shanghai, Saturda; the road to the objective was opcH- ed. This collapse Of the northcr1 defense was accomplished throuEu an outflanking movement by the nationalist. or southern forces. and rendered other northern positions untenable.
 Adance Continues
 On Sunday. nationalist advance guards came within ten miles of the city. Soon tho Cantonese were at lungwha. four miles south Of Shanghai. This place had been the Shantungese military headquarters for the Shanghai area of occupa- tion: it's capture meant that the na- tionalist could enter Shanghai whenever they felt the time Was opportune.
 Latterly the Shantungese defend CTS offered only indifferent resist ance. Thousands Of them. sens ing the hopelessness of further fight ing. passed around Shanghai throughout yesterday and last night
 No Alarm Noted.
 All through the period just pre- feeding the nationalist occupation, the foreign settlements showed no alarm. feeling secure by reason of the large continGents of foreign defense forces which were ready should foreign lives and property be placed in jeopardy. Only the Chinese were apprehensive, fearful of clashes be- tween the southerners and shan tungese as they withdrew But these fears appear to have been groundless, for few. If any, Shan tungese soldiers were here when the southern vanguard entered.
 Great crowds gathered after the nationalists arrived and numerous police charges were necessary to clear some of the streets. Volunteer guards were immediately mobilized.
 Three Punjabis were shot during the disturbances. One of them died later.
 Tho fact the strike call was not generally responded to on Saturday was due to the belief by majority of the workers that the southerners were not near, but now they know the southerners are here, it Is thought they can be depended on to do what the agitators tell them.
 City Is Isolated.
 With the railmen out on strike, Shanghai is isolated, except by sea. The cutting of the railway at Chang chow. northwest of Shanghai, effec- lively isolated the Shantung army from it's base there. Changchow prOhably will be incornoratcI in the