For Sanday's meeting at the West Gate, some 2,500 men, women and children, including quite 'a number of students and labourers, are said to have been present. A large platform had been' erected in the centro of the Recreation Ground, Over the entrance was hung a long piece of white, inscribed "Shanghai Citizens Assembly for the Purpose of Opposing the despatch of Caihli, Shantung and Fengtien Troops Southwards." Three speeches were made denouncing Imperialism and the despatch of the northern army] southwards, by Dr. Tsai Yuan-pei. former Minister of Education and Chancellor of the Peking National University; Mr. Tung Kang, former Minister of Finance and Justice, who has been negotiating for peace in the provinces of Kiangsu, Chékiane, Kiangsi and Anhui; and Mr. Wi Te-hou, chairman of the Shanghai Federated Street Unions. The assembly ended half an hour after it had began and those present formed "Si into procession order and marched through the Chinese City to Chin! with Sun huan-fang'
Chang Chung-chang!"
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