October 10th of that year was the 20th anniversary of the Republic. The main headline of a Nanking newspaper that day called on the country to resist the Japanese: "Remember Double Ten But Don't Forget Our Great Humiliation!"
廿年雙十，適逢周日，南京中央日報社論標題赫然是「國難中之國慶」，呼籲抗日救國，文中表示，紀念雙十，但不要忘了奇恥大辱。