FYER hours of tension during which a machine-gun squad of the Peace Maintenance Corps had to be called to the North Railway Station compound to maintain peace and order, about 1,000 students who on Tuesday, Dec, jad been in virtual control the station left in two trains in a northerly direction, Nanziang und Tsinyangkiang were said to be their destination, where the authorities had prepared buses to carry them home either by persuasion or force, a large contingent of unarmed policemen having been instructed to stand by.
Despite the departure of the students shortly after 5 p.m. armed members of the Corps, as well as more than 1,000 unarmed policemen, still kept guard ut the station, while on Boundary Road, in the Se {dement, the Reserve Unit and a contingent of the Russian Regiment of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps maintained order.
Such large crowds of spectators gathered outside the station throughout the day that trams and other vehicles had to stop from time to time i order to avoid knocking down pedestrians.
In order to guard against Communist activities, the City Government and the Headquarters of the Commander of the Woosung) and Shanghai Garrison Forces declared martial Jaw in Chapei, Chenju. Zang Ying, and two other districts in Chinese territory that night, 'The occupation "of the station by Putan students since noon on Monday had paralyzed the train. trafic, but railway authorities were arrang-(0 resume the service to Nanking and Hanyehow last night, after 0 Suspension of more than' 90 hours. Although the Sevlement Police and the Pouce Preservation Corps were Inobilized and the French Police stood by, nothing of a fedurred in Chinese ter Futan Reinforced 'The excitement of the day started the early hours of the morning, when more than 100 students from Chinun' University marched down from Chenu and joined the Futan students, More than 100 students from Tung Nan Medical College also attempted to join the demonstrators, but they were dispersed by the Chinese police in Chunyshan Road only about 40 succeeding in reaching the lation, Representatives of the Bureau fof Public Saiely and the Railway Administration tried to persuade ftudonts to leave the 4 bout to no avail.
While the students declared a surf of martial law on the plaiorm 4 Which the trains they occupied were stationed, policemen threw a cord und¥eds of spectators began to gath outside the station in Boundary Road, fand groups of students from several institutions paraded to the station, being followed by large weoups of speci With barbed" wire fentangiemet the street Teading to a squad of unarmed police made re~ nuted attempts to stop the student fom entering, but they failed neb time. Carrying ugo banners Dearing the names of their schools, each student group rushed into the compound without much ditieulty, shouting as they passed through, Coolness, of Fotice What might have been an ugly incident was averted by the coolness: and expertness of the Settlement and
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