It is clear that Government bungling is responsible for much of the trouble, In the first place, if the Ministerial order had not been issued, it is doubtful whether any Jdemonstration would have occurred jat all on May 7. And if Chang Shih [chao had faced the students' representatives when they called at the Ministry, it is certain that he ould have mollified hem. The Provisisn-Chief Executive, unlike the Mia ister of Education, showed w deyreo lof wisdom; hie contrived to prevent any collision between the authori jand the schoolboys. Chang en-sored the May 7 collision. Before the students occupied the approaches to the Palace, he had secured detachment of Kuominchun troops to jxvard his house, and they were encouraged to fraternize with the students while their leaders we Jentertained inside, If the Fengtien bodyguard had been called out, bloody encounter would most. prob-[ably have resulted.
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