Large Crowd in Anti-British and AntiJapanese Outburst at Nanking: Fracas with Police on Hsiakuan Bund Nanking, April. 5.
Several hundreds of local students this afternoon staged a demonstration in fect of the local British Consulate, shouting anti-British slogans and distributing hand-bills against "British Imperialism, The demonstration, it is learned, was staged by student groups as a protest against alleged instigaion to the internal strife and cole lision among workers in the employ of the International Export Company, a British firm, which occurred on Thursday.
Mayor Liu, of Nanking, and other party leaders, however, arrived just in time to avert a serious disturbance. Some of the student caders were arrested on the spot.
part of the student group, paraded in the neighbourhood—of the promises of th€ British firm involved, but this demon ste too, was put down and dispersed by the local authorities.
Simultaneously with the anti-British demonstration, antiJapanese agitation seems to have been Planned, although the demonstra: respect. Was not car oat, japanese hand-bills were buted in the streets, the apparently having tak advantage of the visit of the Japai ese Flotilla A serious clash between _the students and the police took place Tate this afternoon on the Bund in Hsiakuan, when the students, who were part of those who paraded in the afternoon's anti-British demonstration, attempted to create an unpleasant scene on the water front at Hsinkuan, shouting anti-'Japanese slogans in denunciation of the visit of the Japanese flotilla, moored off the Bund. Some of the student agitators began to make anti-Japanese speeches, while the others abused Japanese marines who happened to by the Bund, When things begs to assume a serious character, the police were compelled to interfere, with the result that a fracas ensued between reports, although absolutely base-Tess, incensed the crowd and it was only the firm stand taken by the authorities which prevented widespread damage from being done and possibly lives from being lost.
The International time ago on account of military disturbances north of the river.
When it was announced that their factory would be re-opened on April 3, the workers demanded an increase in their salaries. They were supported by the social welfare depariment of the Nanl Government. opened ment was reached. Owing to the fact, however, that the egg packing season is only just starting, the Export Corporation could only take on 200 workers as compared with the 2,000 required when the season is in full swing.
On the morning of April 3, therefore, the rejected workers from the factory gathered in front of the factory gates and mobbed the 200 men who had been re-engaged. Four of these were injured, one Seriously.
The news that there was a labour riot at the factory spread like wild. fire and the students of the Central University and the Nanking University held a mass meeting the following day and passed resolutions supporting the unemployed workers. They decided to march together to the factory on Saturday and to stage a demonstration there.
General Chiang Kai-shek, however, issued instructions that no student was permitted to leave th city. The Export Corporation is located at Hsiakuan, outside the city wall and all the city gates were heavily guarded with police and soldiers. The danger lay in the pos-that the students, influenced by red elements, might come into conflict with the guards at the gates. This danger, however, was fort unately avoided and the whole incident may now be regarded as closed.
Government to be Firm the students and the police. In the melee a police sergeant was badly injured. The students gradually dispersed, due to the dusk.
On learning what had happened, the local Kuomintang Headquarters summoned an extraordinary meeting to discuss measures to be taken in regard to the day's
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