The Archive · 1929

Students Growing Uneasy

A wave of unrest is sweeping through the Wuhan cities. It takes! the form of accusations by the students that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is failing in his task of abolishing the unequal treaties 'A. good many arrests are being effected. For instance, a scholar of the Provincial Normal School went to the World Theatre to distribute handbills attacking the Government. He confined his activities to the badly-lighted parts of the theatre, Dut, unfortunately for him, he handed bills to two. government officials who were watching the performance. They summoned the police and the youth was arrested.

'A. detective on duty at the Hundred Stars Cinema noticed parcel of pamphlets under a seat He examined. one and found that was issued by the "Youth of China League" and attacked the Government. He reported the matter to the police and they had the doors of the cinema closed and all the spectators searched so that they might arrest those who had copies of the pamphlet. The search was in vain, a3 the only copy found besides the original packet was lying on the floor under a seat. Because of this anti-Government campaign, or for some reason unknown, the movement of troops away from this centre has been suspended.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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