The Commissioner sent word that he would be willing to interview representatives of the meeting but refused to see the crowd, but the Sz Tan Bu was determined to take in the entire meeting that had been worked up to such a pitch that they were making unreasonable demands and threats. When the mob were further' refused entrance they resorted to violence and' shots were fired on both sides. Clubs, sticks and and stones were also used. One of the guard fon duty received a bad shoulder wound with an axe. There were about 20 wounded in the afternoon.
Some of these were taken to Chinese hospitals.
The immediate quarrel was quiet ed by the kead of the police depart ment but the Sz Tan Bu are not fied and blame Mr. Quo Tai-tsen for being pro japanese and unpatriotic. To prevent further trouble at the Yamen and some degree of safety for the stof and offices of the Commissioner of fore-a larger guard has been jed all around the compound ere has been a strike going on in the stores of Wuhu as a prote: t. This strike is carried on by the employees of the firms and to-day they are still closed and business temporarily suspended.
The Sz Tan Bu is the same as the Dang Bu recently described by our Haichow correspondent on this page. It is the local Kuot tang Committee.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.