The Archive · 1925

A Futile Scene

The anti-Christian agitation that has been going on for some months was tured at once into a bitter anti-foreign agitation. Some of the Christian loaders were able to turn the tide against, attack on foreign property and actions were taken suggesting 1 boycott of foreign goods. Monday the meeting which was to have been a representative meoting with two delegates from the Chamber of Commerce, two from the Educational Association, two from the student union and two re-from some of the other organizations of the city was stampeded by the students sending two each from all the schools and the Proident of the Chamber of Commerce was elected to preside.

After four hours of futile discussion the President became weary of his job and the students were. #0 unjust and disorderly that he left and then the represen tative of the Mayor took the platform and told" them that the Governor had sent a telogrant saying that quiet must be main: tained and that the Mayor had sent him to bring the message, The students treated him in the same way and the mooting broke up without accomplishing anything. The students simply went 0 far that everybody was dis.

sted and little is to be done. the meeting decided that schools were to_open but some of them are_not™ open and the students are going out to smaller towns to [start the agitation there.

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