Middle School Principal Killed and Thrown Down Well Chengtu, Feb, 19.
This last week has seen a flare: up Sri educational and military ein. cles. On Tuesday at the Provincial First Middle School the students attacked and killed the Principal, afterwards throwing his body into well in the school grounds. The military took control of the school premises and arrested all the students who could be found. The ext night a search was made of all the schools in the city and other students were arrested, On Thurs. day fourteen students were shot and there were rumours that as many others were to be shot the next day but, up to the present, ne further executions have taken place.
This tragedy was, of course, traced to the communists in th student ranks and gave the authorities an opportunity to arrest and deal with individuals already under suspicion. There seems also to have been a personal element in the case for the man who was disappointed when he did not receive the appointment as Principal last term is reported to have incited the students and to have disappeared after the event. One of the results of this affair is that the President of the Provincial University has resigned and the date of opening the spring term has been indefinitely postponed.
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