Nanking, Apr, 3.
Many hundreds were' rendered homeless in Pukow as the result of big fire which broke out In the slum. district across the river, opposite Nanking, yesterday afternoon, Fanned by a strong northwest wind, the fire, which started in one of the mud lits along the waterfront, rapidly spread and, before it was brought funder control, over 2,000 houses had been reduced to ashes. The fire raged for more than 1% hours, It is feared that a number of people perished in the fire, but the exact number of deaths has not yet been ascertained.—Central News.
Peiping, Apr. 1 The National University. authorities to-day dissolved the Students Union a result of yesterday's fracas with the police. Four of the students Who participated in the clash have been The trouble occurred when the students, who were holding a demonstration in memory of.a com. patriot who died in prison in Jan. ary, attempted to parade through the streets with an empty coffin, Fifty-two students of both sexes have been arrested here as a sequel to the disturbance. Meanwhile, the students of Yenching University have begun a three-day strike as a protest against the arresis—Reuter,
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