Decision to Explain Present Situation of the Country by Circular Some 40 students from various local schools attended a meeting. held in the preparatory department of Fuh-Tan University, in Avenue Haig, on Sunday, when the following resolutions were discussed and carried unanimously:—That a circular declaration should be issued explaining the present condition of the country; That a committee should be ap-Pointed to investigate the general demands of local students; That telegrams should despatched throughout the country expressing the opposition of the local students to the despatch of Fengtien and Shantung troops to the south, in order that the peace of Kiangsu may remain undisturbed; That a manifesto should be issued upholding humanity; That the suggestion to submit the dispute arising from the Sinc-Pelgion Treaty to the Internationa! Court of Justice at The Hague for settlement should be opposed; That funds should be raised, by contribution, for the upkeep of' the Students' Union; That arrangements should be made for a programme and a fellowship entertainment on New Year's Day; and That efforts should be made enlarge the Union and its scope, and to urge all students of local schools to become member:
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