Accordingly, on Tuesday evening, 'a general strike of all the Government schools in the city was decided upon by the Students' Association, and a big demonstration was arranged for Wednesday morning. The demonstration duly took place, but] it was not a very big one after all. 'A few hundred students assembled in the morning in the Hob Ma Ch'ang or Horse Parade Ground, in front of the Provincial Assembly ground. Even the local press does not claim that there were more than about 600) active demonstrators present, and these were watched by at least an equal number of police and military guards. A foreigner who passed by at the time reported that there were far more students standing on the Serpent Hill behind the Assembly Building, watching to see what would happen to their braver compeers down below.
As usual, the public meeting was} held in the Public Athletics' Ground, where a certain number of shop-1d coolier joined the demon-and the usual fiery were let off. Then the procession was formed, to pass afong the streets, ending up at. the Tupan's yarién. The streets were lined by soldiers to keep order. Many inculting remarks were hurled at them by tne excited students, but it is said that the soldiers were quite calm and unprovoked. Arrived at the yamen gates, however, the students did come into conflict with the guards stationed there. Thal Intter proceeded to lay about them with the butt-ends of their rifles, a few students were more or less hurt, and the whole body of demonstrators fled incontinently.
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