series of incidents similar in many respects to those enacted in Nanking Road on May 20 last took place just after 5 p.m. on Monday in Haman Road and in close proximo ity, strange to relate, to another police station—this time the Central one. A crowd of Chinese estimated to number about 2,000 entered the Settlement in the vicinity of Honan Road by crossing Avenue Edward Vil. A. small party of potice was reshed from the Central Station to ly through having acted as host at} Yocal organizations on occasions of] visits by the Soviet labour delegation, was the next speaker. He endorsed the remarks of Ling Kung, and added that employees of British firms should remain out until the demands put forward in connexion with the May 30 affair had been granted in full, Two other persons, both unknown, then spoke briefly, corroborating the: remarks of previous speakers. re-them,. ami" the crowd garding the necessity of continuing pen sighting the police, im- the strike in order to ensure' that attacked them' with|the sacrifice of the martyrs and sticks. In self. Rot futile. palled to fire their revolvers. It n tha police were com-reported that three of the rioters were wounded, and two of them are hospital under police guardian. plup. The firing had the effect of immediately dispeesing the crowd. By this time French police had arrived en the scene and a number of arrests were made, At a late hour on Monday night the Municipal police authorities yuhd-an official statement which cribs the events which led to conflict between the howling mob and the handful of police officer:
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