News of ithe hostile attitude of the crowd was conveyed to the Central Police Station soon after the meeting opened, and a few minutes after it had broken up about thirty Foreign ce stables, none of whom carried any more deadly arms than their batons arrived on the scene. They were marched almost to the Chekiang Road Bridge, and then, under the Captain Superintendent's "personal directions formed up abreast right across the road and began to drive the mob westws Chinese whether standing on the sidewalk, or sitting on the band rai forced to move op, and though the crowd offered little opposition fore it had been driven back to Kans Road, the police had bad to meet several ugly rashes and exert all their strength to bold their own. It should be mentioned here that small detachment of police ander Mr. Springfield was posted close to the Chekiang Road Bridge to prevent the mob there from following the other police in their westward drive. Slowly bat surely the latter drove the arend back, amid a wild uproar. Shouts of "ta" "ta" (strike! strike wore heard on all sides, and many of the Chinese in the front, aided by the Pressure of the crowd behind, forcibly resisted the Police, Before Kansuh Road was reached batons had to be drawn and freely used. A new danger arose at the corner of this road, inhere there was a heap of broken granite, ready for road repairs. Many of the crowd jambed on to the heap, ecized fragments of stone and began to burl them at the police. A desperate charge was necessary to dislodge these men from their point of vantage, and at this stage the disturbance appeared to become extremely serious, constable and officer om the be- scene had to use his bands and feet to the utmost to press back the angry crowd. At Kanenh Road the available force of police was divided, one body following the mob along North Soochow Road while the other pressed back that portion of the crowd that had tarned off up Kansah Road iteolf. This section of the mob proved most obstinate, bot it was effectually die-persed when some fire bose was brought up, coupled on to a convenient hydrant, and directed upon the rioters, latter bolted at once, and gave no forther trouble, Breaking up the mob by driving it westward was " bold man-havre. Fortanately it was successful, bat there were times when the is trembled in the balance A fow minutes later an armed guard of Sikh Constables from the Central Station, and a small force of Europeans and Sikhs, with bayonets fixed, marched up vis Thibet Road bridge, from Sings station, Louza also sent a farther detachment.
About this time " messenger was dispatched to the 8.V.C. headquarters in the Police motor car to ask the Commandant to call out s company of the Volunteers, On ari at Head. quarters be found that news of disturbance had preceded him, that and "B" Companies were already on their way to Amoy Road, and that the German and Engineer Companies were being mobilized for daty at the Garden Bridge. About 4 p.m. a Maxim gan arrived at Chekiang Road Bridge, ud was posted at the North approach. Company came up a few minutes and the police reinforcements from other stations were then withdrawn. Shortly before this the Motor Fire King, fally manned, arrived on the scene, but finding that there was no immediate call for their services the firemen returned to the station,
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