The police variantly stood their round and prevented the agitators fiom reaching the former consulate and meanwhile telephones were busy from the Astor House warning police headquarters of what wes ere was in this frst handful of ing on.
police that the Japanese policeman. fas concerned and eyewitnesses say, rat he was separated from. the others and was attacked from all Sides at once. The mob quickly Fetlized he was a Japanese and the idence directed at him was forcer than against his companions, The Chinese, who was shot, was Jarmed with a heavy iron bar which hho used with devastating effect, striking the policeman heavily across the ack and again bringing the bar Jdown across his shoulders in a wild How which caused the policeman to cry out and fall to the ground, He dia not lose consciousness, but drew his pistol and. warned" the Jerowd away from him. He was eked from the rear and in the Jeonfusion that followed when the tmeb doubled their attack on their {fallen quarry, he fired and the Chi-wese armed with the bar fell beside. him, The shot had instantaneous effect jon the others and they gradually fell back until the wounded men Jeculd be rescued by the police and several fvilians who took a rave hand in the offal Meanwhile the telephone calls resulted in bringing a squad of police from Hongkew Station, jard shortly after Red Maria, bearing the Reserve unit under Supt. Fairbairn, arrived and the demonstration was doomed to 4 quick end.
The police were well organized and had little trachle in dispersing the mob, They fled in every direction eleven of the ringleaders were arrested, The affair was over quickly once the police set to work, but a guard was left in the vicinity.
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