The Archive · 1930

Feo Ore OWN Conngsroxvent

Harbin, Apr. 2, Chinese students are again ea: ing some trouble for the authorities, Yesterday, some from the middle sehecls of Fuchiatien organized a denionstration there and. in estan, distributing hand-bills us they paraded the streets, demand ing the removal of reactionary Weachers an the introduction social science in school programmes, Besides this, the editorial offices of the leading Chinese paper in Harbin Jand another daily published in Fu-chia tien, were visited by a deputation of four young men, who stated that they represented' the "Anti—Imperialistic Organization Union" and showed hand-bills announcing 8 "fight for freedom," in which the students were invited to. strike. This deputation demanded that the {two papers should publish the con-{tents of these hand-bills, threatening that, if they did not, their offices would be attacked. All yesterday, the students held flying" meetings, everywhere and distributed larg numbers of handbills, 'This morning, as the Chinese papers had not published what was demanded of them by the delegates, some 30 students entered the offices and printing works of the "Kwo Chi Hsi Pao" and began breaking' Up pages of type prepared for the presses, at the same time eutticg' telephonic communication, so that, before the police arrived, the stud: ents had disappeared. The editor and staff appear to bs thoroughly alarmed at the further intentions of the students and have mad hasty appeal to the—authorities, stating that, if drastic measures are of taken to prevent a repetition sets of violence and threats, within the next three days, all the papers will refrain from publishing.

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

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