Parade to Emphasize Desire for Re-opening of the Sikh Gurdwara in Chapei Frustrated by.the Police The Indians on Thursday morning wished to hold a celebration of the New Year in the Gurdwara (Indian Temple in Chapei) but could not, as the British authorities closed it two years agg. The gurdwara at Gordon Road police "station, however, was available for their use.
At the Gurdwara, where numbers gathered, the police and the Chapei authorities ce-operated. The Sikhs were in a turbulent mood, and when someone pulled down the religious flag from the Gurdwara, outcries filled the air, while the mob thre fened the police. The road to the Szechuen Road was lined with Chinese soldiers and police. The soldiers apparently became frighted as the procession moved toward them, and levelled their rifles, No shots were fired however. Some of the more tadicar Sikhs "congregated on Nortn Szechuan Road, not far from the Gurdwara. They attracted others and soon a small procession was. ij informed Captains Beatty and Kennedy, who in tun ied the Reserve Unit.
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