The deadlock here between the Governor and the students is stil] unbroken, though there has been no further disturbance. The matter is now before the Courts for decision. The teacher who was wounded in the recent affair at the Governor's yamen is still in the hospital but since the cut on his head proved to be very slight it is assumed that -there must be other reasons for his unnecessarily long convalescence.
The Educational Commissioner, Mr. Chiang, who resigned immediately after being beaten up by the Governor's guards, has gone to Peking. The Taoyin, Mr. Hsieh, has been asked to act as Commissioner of Education in the meantime. The government schools are on strike while both principals and teachers of these schools have all handed in their resignations. Since the first day of the strike each school has exhibited over its front gate a large flag bearing the following finely phrased epithets (st AP HERE Bea MIE, FI) Shen tao Pui ts'an chiao vii sha jen hsiang fan, Lit T'tao-yuan, "Subjugate the criminal amd murderer, Li Tiao-yuan, who has overthrown education." Lit is the Civil Governor of Anhui.
_In spite of the many predict tions that the Governor must retire and leave the field to some more congenial successor he still continues to c: op. His latest move was to hire several hun-. dred rowdies, paying them one dollar each, to parade the streets with banners appropriately inscribed, urging the Governor to restore the peace by taking vigorous action against the students and teachers who are always making disturbances!
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