The Archive · 1931

Canton College Dispute

Firm Attitude by the Provincial Governor: The Freedom of the Press Fnox Oc OwN ConnesroxpEst Canton, Dee. 22.

and when Chin Tseng-cheng. @rives up to the portals of the Chaag Shan Univers University, as it has been renamed, bent on sinking down into the soft cushions of the Chancellor's his, the students may again ex. ress their indignation in, emphatic form, For the present "they are through with their foolish demonstration, their picketing, their placarding, their illegally held conclaves. As a' first step towards xeturving to a normal state, they have called in the guards who have been: pacing up and down before the antraness to the campus, Izeeping ous what to them are the undesirab Chen Ming-shu's pronouncement given in the shape of a carefully worded interview that waa to be read in every. daily newspaper on Priday last had much to do with this. turn of affairs, Were the students to remain obdurate, Chen would simply, have to endorce the mandate: of the Central Government) in rigorous fashion. It took all this time to. get to the place where argument was to be shandoned as saving force, and the mail fist waved in the faces of the little rebels, The harsh word spoken on Friday, Saturday the guards were taken: away, and he who will may enter: or leave the grounds of the Sun Yat Sen University, It is @ holiday period, and that furnishes an excuse to the youths who have been on strike for not! entering their classrooms. Shortly vacation will be over, but most Ukely: by then there will be no objection offered to attending classes, However, it may be looked ap as only an' armistice period; Fossibly the armistice will be called off if Chin Tsong-cheng has nerve enough to make a determined t {0 land himsolZ in the Chancellor's sent.

Fully as much bitterness has.—"—eon: displayed by the supporters Mr, Chin as by the adverse ty. Out of a hot commentary the University episode which Ho Toucheng had printed in the "Man Kuo Yat Po" has grown a law suit. Hero it is the students and staff of the Kuangehu University where Chin Tsong-cheng is. serving as. President who have started action. Offended at what reportorial Professor Ho wrote, the students have had a civil action for damages

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