Fro Ove Peking, Sept. 22.
Yesterday the Chief Executive recesserred the strong hand which came into evidence at the Inst students! demonstration. The students had arranged to assemble et various points in. the city, and again to march on the Legation Quarter, their particular objective being the British Legation. Evidently the Chief Executive's Ofice had assured the Legation authorities beforehand that they need not fear anything Lntoward, and 10 it was not thought necessary' to. erect any barricades or your the days when the students had charge of the city and trafic control.
The authorities were as cod as their' word; when the etadents straggled on to the glad they formed a very: sorry parade indeed, a mere handivl, They gesticulated dnd shouted a few exhortations to boycott the British, but the apathetic onlookers did not give them any encourage: nent, and there Was scarcely a ripple of excitement, The police had prevented any of the meetings, and had made it clear that assembly before the Heavenly Peece Gate would not be tolerated, nor any kind of rowdyism that would disturb the peace. All entrances to. the open space in front of the Heavenly Peace Gate wore guarded Ly "iti police or Li Ching-lin's precautionary or garrison troops, and the students were told to disperse whenever they showed a tendency to arzemble. Incoming students from the suburbs, ike Tsing Hua, were peacefully Persuaded to abandon their proposal to join forces with the others. heard today that the authorities were prompted to take extraordinary measures because of rumours of the prospective use of farms by the students, following the example of their Canton Schoolfellows in front of the Shameen. A plot had been eng: meered, with outside ce-operation, to make an armed demonstration in front of the Legation Quarter, and by a shot oF two, to try to induce retaliatory fire yom the Legation defenders. Whatever truth there may be in the report, the police behaved admirably and completely re-asserted authority over the mob law in operation a few months ago,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.