Nanyang College at a Standstill Another strike among the students of the National University of Communications, of which Nanyang College (Siccawei) is the local branch, began yesterday, and some 650 students have refrained from: attending classes.
This action has been taken as the result of a meeting held on Sunday evening when it was decided that should the Ministry of Communications fail to give them a satisfactory reply to their demands a strike would be declared ju Shanghai as well as in the branches of the University of Communications at Peking and Tangshan, It appears, from inquiries. made by a representative of the "North China Daily News" at Nanyang College, that when Mr. Yeh Kung-cho become Minister of Communications, he had himself appointed president of the University concurrently with his position as Minister. A Board of Directors was appointed to serve in an advisory capacity. When Marshal Chang Tso-lin was defeated, Mr. Yeh and his chief, Liang Shih-yi, were compelled to flee td Japan.
The Vice-Minister of Communications, Mr. Loh Mang-hung, became acting Minister, and immediately issued a notice dismissing Yeh from the presidency of the University of Communications—and making himself (Loh) President. He went further and dissolved the Board of Directors, dismissing several of the deans of various departments.
Protests were itnmediately lodged by the professors and students of the Peking, Shanghai and Tangshan branches of the University, with the Ministry of Communica tions demanding the dismissal of Mr. Loh, the recall of the Board of Directors and the reinstate ment of the deans who were dis-
No notice being taken of these protests. Mr. Chang Chi, director of the local branch of the Univer sity, fe, Nanyang College, went to Peking with a view to asking Mr. Loh to tender his resignation and thus appease the students. It is unlikely that the Ministry paid much heed to these representations, for the next that was heard from Peking was that Mr. Chang had been summarily dismissed ''for not attending his own duties' and that the Ministry refused to accept Mr. Loh's resignation. Mr. Chang Kung-chin was appointed director in place of Mr. Chang Chi but so far has refused to take over the duties.
The dismissa} of Mr. Chang Chi has further served to enrage the students and accordingly a strike has been declared pending a settlement of the following demands The position of President shall not be a political one and no militarist's nominee shall be appointed to the post.
Mr. Loh must be dismissed, the
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