Minor riots, disturbances and a! police at the entrance to the Refight between two rival sections creation Ground, characterised thi held After lengthy discussions, the the Chinese Recreation Ground. in Nantao at 10 a.m. on crowd formed s procession shortly after noon. The crowd, which had Jan, IT under the auspices "National Salvation Association of been reduced to about 1,000, pro-Shanghai Masses to Resist Japan." ceeded to the Chinese Municipality, shouting anti-Goverament and anti Due to. th authorities of the three distri measures Kuomintang slogans as they went. looted byt the police rival, several delegates were elected and they were receiv fo. heavy damages of serious in-/ed by one of the secretaries of the jitries Were reported, Municipality, As no agreement had More 3,000 and been reached for the Yelease of the labourers "attended meeting, arrested student, the demonstra which was dominated by Commun? tors threatened violence. A. squad ist activities, The of armed soldiers and police were which Is ted for seven hours, were soon on the scene and successfully confined to Nantao, student maintained order though a watehwas arrested at the entrance to the huan's box standing at the entrance Recreation Ground, and during the of the building was wrecked by the procession, several window panes of the Kuomintang Headquarter After three hours' stay, the in Lingyiny Road were wrecked, crowd retreated. The procession All the ron gates along the was lead to the West Gate by red boundary roads between the Chi-flags. While passing the headqu nese territory and the French Conters of local' Kuomintang, which cession were throughout was guarded by armed police, the the day. the afternoon thet mab demonstrators, threw stones at the tet hone "Mia building, breaking' several window: Building at the end of Route Ghis panes. The arrival of additional but the prompt arrival of soldiers police dispersed the crowd without psi prevented erie serious trouble,
The meet ing started shortly after Strike Plan a Failere
anti-Government Tovernmeneapocetes eyuna/chants' and. labourers, which "was general, strike of local
mass. shouti bein ele " pom of "ike demande on Sanday the stu-
Red pamphi vent, lan ent aa rote Jdents as a protest against the Gov-the Gov much in evidence, These. "being Ber of students and Taboters, ted by wild cheers by: june approval of such a move: ment on the part of Chinese shop.
TRepresentativog of several poblle ProPgtt mud factory owners. 'The lent stores on Nanking bodies expressed the reactionary activity with-Rond, the Wing On and the Sincere, were' closed not as a strike, but in drew from the meeting. students and their picket oer observance of a regular holiday, made inspe ions during the The decision to call a gene ing ite, rased strong strike was reached last week follow: Sttempted to dele the leaflets and dents, who called at the Chinese the Communist. pro ing repeated demands of the stu-
flags to burn them, This {Chamber of Commerce on four five occasions to present their de-Jmands. The chairman of the Chamber, having received the students, remised to consider their demand was injured, Jand to consult his colleagues in re-'The fight was, however, short-gard to the matter, lived as armed intervened.
8s, however, voiced order' was restored, the such a proposal, meeting passed radical resolutions tention being that a gen-and voted for a demonstration into eral strike at present would deal a the French, Concession and the [severe blow Settlement. The proceedings were [pressing their sympathy students in the "patriotic soon interrupted with the informa. tion that one oft) ment, they drew their atten colleagues he. disastrous consequences a ge had been arrested by the Chinese
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