Peking, Mar. 18.
The acceptance four of the five demands of the Protocol Powers was conceded by the belligerents at noon to-day, and the has been settled by compromise, the naval commande agreeing to allow the Kuen si chun to examine Chinese passengers ips entering Tientsin, The Kuominchun urged the concession of this point because of the activity of spies.
Thus the immediate crisis has p: in the capital to ugly student dem last night and are continuing tohave used such unusually sed, but it has given rise strations which took airist which the authorities res of repression casualties are estimated to ight to number 31 killed and 37 wounded and 60 walking cases.
Tie trouble began night.
Several thousand students Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where a jon demanding the severance of diplomatic relations with the Piotucol Powers was presented house of Marshal Tuan Chi-perfervid speeches were made against the ul Several casualties occurred melee with the guards at the Minis-the trouble by their ultimatum and that he could not be retry for Foreign Aftai The] sponsible for the consequences. students began pouring into the main thoroughfares early—this morning, and after parading past! the Legation Quarter, which was well guarded and barricaded, trooped off to the Ministry of Navy, where Marshal Tuan Chui-jai was reported to be.
So threatening was the attitude His force consists of about 5,000/ been depleted by dratts Which have been sent. to the front, while Marshal Tuan's. bodyguard numbers about 4,000." These latter have been doing duty today guarding such places as the Tari Conference Hall of the students that the shopkeeper closed their doors and put up shutters all along the route.
On rival at the Ministry of Navy the demonstrators met with a large posse of the bodyguard of the Executive, but," nevertheless, managed to foree'an entrance ints
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