Mr. MeNeill—Not even one—No.
Mr. MeNeill—I would like to remind'you of what you said in the 'Mixed Court, to the effect that you saw a split' bamboo—I said one split bamboo from which the pennant had been torn, Counsel thereupon quoted from witness's evidence given in the Mixed Court when the rioters were charged in June last, in the course of which he said that a split bamboo pole was raised Mr, Anderson explained that what he said referred to the end of the trouble—just before the end of the shooting—when opposite the jarge telephone post at the gate he saw a bamboo stick above the heads of the crowd. He could not say who had it.
Mr. MeNeill—What dv you mean bya split bamboo—Well, 1 would' describe it as being a banner stick. Tt was about two inches in diameter.
Witness did not get the impression, he added, that it was an ordinary carrying-pole as used - by coolies, though it might have been 804
Continuing his evidence, Mr. Anderson said that as the crowd advanced: they yelled. "He could not} distinguish anything they achd.. tramear passed about the time the students were just to witness right, going east, and then stopped. At no. time was the car between witness and his view of the station. In front of the entrance there were number of Sikh policemen in the 'a semi-circle. The police med and had their guns by their sides. As the students got] message very close to the gates witness; could not see anything except the heads of the poli Jumped for the Door "Then," continued Mr, Anderson, "there was one shot.
I beard it I jumped for the door] of the electrical shop. As was getting in the door tne firing continued in a ragged volley."
Witness stayed in the shop for] about half " minute and then went into the street, where he again met] Dr. Cline. After that he walked back to the Moore Memorial Church, This, he added, was all he knew in 'a general way of the circumstances.
Questioned by Mr. Macleod witness said he had only estimated the times given in his evidence. Nanking Road, before the shooting, from Thidet Road to Chekiang Road, was} practically full from side to sid In reply to Mr. Reader Harris, Mr. Anderson said he thought the crowd was composed entirely of students—the same crowd that had been driven back. Possibly others were coming up. There was no Gistinet crowd moving except the students. The rest of the crowd was doing nothing, simply taking curious Interest in what was happening.
Tnterrogated by Sir H. Gollan in regard to. what he said about one of] the students calling out to the crowd, witness admitted that the man might have been urging the crowd on.
"So," commented Sir Henry, "it was hardly accurate to say what you said about him waving them back'
further reply to the British Commissioner, Mr. Anderson said that the students went to within ight feet of the line of policemen, What would have happened if} these students had got in amongst the police—t didn't think of them ketting in amongst them.
In witness's opinion, the addition of half a dozen policeman with clubs would have rendered the firing unnecessary.
Sir H. Gollan—That would have stopped the movement—easily.
In reply to Justice Suga, witness said he did not hear anyone give] the order to fire.
Nine on the Ground Questioned by the President, Mr. Anderson said he saw the dead and wounded. Most of them seemed to be students. He counted nine lying fon the ground, but was not sure whether they were dead or wounded. The groups of students were parently following their leaders, and the large crowd of bystanders seemed to be there out of curiosity. Witness did not consider from the temper of the crowd that they were bent on doing injury to person of property. He thought the crowd! in the street before the firing the usual one. His first indicate of the shooting was the sound of the first shot; otherwise he would have got out of the way sooner.
Asked why he thought the crowd assembled, Mr. Anderson said that] his understanding was that they assembled at that particular spot because a number of their fellow students who had been doing the same thing as they had been doing had been arrested. They desired to be arrested also or obtain their fel jows' liberty.
B.C. White The next witness was Police Constable White, who said he had been in the force for 14 months. He was in his quarters when the fire alarm sounded on the afternoon of May 30. He went to the charge room at 2.20 p.m. and saw a number of students in the cells. From to time others were brought!
and with every batch came a number of followers. Those in the cells clapped their hands and-shouted as the newly arrested ones arrived. Witness saw Inspector Eterson go to the telephone, but there: was too much noise for the instrument to be used effectively. This Was just before the charge room was cleared, somewhere about 3.10 Pam, Witness" took part in the melee "which ensued whilst the students were being ejected. pushed some, but did not. strike anyone," a
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.