An event such as that in Thibet Road was naturally the sort of thing to capture public imagination, but it was only one of the many episodes which went to the making up of the history of the period. On the same day as it happened a nasty crowd collected to intimidate the works at the Municipal Slaughterhouse, and S.V.C. patrols working with the Police had to be called upon disperse it. Then at about half 11 o'clock the same night. the corner of Range Roud and cundary Road held the possibility of serious trouble through the tiering of another mob, but the moly arrival of patrols again averted danger.
It may be said that from thi time onwards until peaceful condi tions supervened, the patrol system was never relaxed, and it had admirable results. Time after time there patrols arrived upon the scene when unruly crowds were axsembling, and their presence caused them to melt away. Such constant vigilance and the arrival of the patrols psychological moments when mich passion seemed likely to attain the upper hand, had the essential effect of wearing down the agitators and in consequence of bringing the Tue Lront Hor:
Fopulace to a frame of mind in which thoughts of work and business were uppermost.
At the same time additional precautions were instituted in Nanking Road. Following the shooting on June 2 the Volunteers occupied Photo:
Pons, Taieer Reap the roofs of the Wing On and Sincere buildings, stones having been thrown that day' from the top of the: latter, and another building at the cornet of Fokien and Nanking Reads was similarly occupied. Thus there could be no repetition of the ow World affair.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.