"We Japanese had made up our minds not to interfere unless the actions of these students interfered with Japan or the Japanese. The Consul, however, sent one of the staff to go up to the wharf to see what was happening. It was found that some 30 or 35 students were seizing passengers who were trying to travel by Japanese boats and stamping them with a dye-mark traitor' all over, on both their faces and their clothes. The number of students increased and by-and-by they began tq use force, striking and kicking the pas-
"Armed Chinese police sent by the authorities to see that nothing wrong was done, were standing watching these proceedings. The launch for Siangtan started without a single \passenger.
"About 10 o'clock the Wooling came in from Hankow and tied up at the N. K. K. wharf. Half of the students at once left the T'ai-sheng-ch'ang and came to the K.: wharf. Then more students and coolies came until the numbers were doubled. The treatment of these passengers was still more cruel and inhuman.
"The Chinese police still stood looking on, indeed some of them took part with the crowd in throwing stones at the passengers. The coolies who were unloading the cargo were stopped.
"The Japanese could no longer stand this sort of thing as_ the whole space between the N. K. K. and the T'ai-sheng-ch'ang became thronged with people. A landing party from the gunboat Fushimi landed without weapons and tried to stop the unfriendly proceedings. They did nothing more than they were asked to do and did not attempt to go beyond that But the crowd increased more and more and their actions became fiercer. Many-of the Japanese were struck with stones and sticks and one of the sailors from the gunboat was hit on the arm with a stick so violently that blood was drawn.
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