from Constable luckily holding on to one of his Jassailants, a Chinese Police Constable on April 8 shot dead another and fired a shot at a third who was clinging on y mob in Peking Road was station and reported the affair, instigated by communists and out-of-work labourers.
The unrest in Louza District commenced at 945 am. It was known to the police that a meeting believed to be of a communist nature was to. be held in the Ningpo Guild on Thibet Road. Detectives were in touch with the situation, while it was known that men of older experience and saner counsels would try to dissuade the students and others from holding the meeting. At least 20 students, however, were seen to enter the building.
When the small crowd who were to have held the meeting came out fon to the wide and long fight o! steps that leads up to the Gul trance, they scattered pamphlets fall over the steps. A police party: some 15 strong, under Chief In-Jspector Mackintosh, had in the: meantime arrived in the black station van, and they arrested five lof the crowd.
In a few minutes the affair was lover. The police found a large bundle on the first oer of the Guild, ming thousands of pamphlets.
those scattered upon the steps. The pamphlets were anti Kuor rialist, anti-capi inst_ practically everything. Closing the grille at the top of the steps and leaving two G.P.Cs. on guard, the party withdrew to Louza Station.
Apparently everything had fquictened own. At 10.20 am, however, a Chinese Police Constable came to Louza Station with a prisoner, and said that he had shot man, whom he had left lying in Peking Road. The police party turned out again under Chief Inspector Mackintosh, taking the ambulance with them.
What had happened, apparently, was that the crowd had left the ningpo Guild and reformed in Peking Road near the Peking Theatre. Tt was composed chiefly of agitators and out of work labourers, with a sprinkling of men lof the student type. The C.P.C. on point duty noted a number of people approaching and thought their appearance rather unusual.
Suddenly three of them dashed into the cigarette and candy booth attached to the Peking Theatre and started to struggle with the shop worst of the fight, the C.P.C. intervened, while a crowd of some 200 gathered around, with more arriving every second.
'One of the trio snatched away the constable' baton, and another. knocked his helmet off. The constable then drew his pistol from its holster and at the same time seized one of his assailants with his left hand.
Secing himself menaced with the pistol, the man in front of the con-[stable called out "Don't shoot—I'm your friend, and will help you, whereupon the constable lowered his con. Immediately the man jumped at the constable, and seized both his wrists, and at the same time the: [third man jumped on the constable's back.
The constable's physique and fitness stood him in good stead, as
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