The Archive · 1930

SHARP TREATMENT COMMUNISTS Salulary Effect in Damping

'Agitators' Ardour Minor activities of communista are continually being reported in various parts of Shanghai from day to day, although there is no dot that the handing over to the Chinese authorities of 17 partic pants in a demonstration in the settlement has had a salutary effect in damping the ardour of the focal communists. A similar treat: ment was also meted out to the nine Chinese youths who were arrested in the French Concession.

'The demonstrations that were to have been held did not occur, and some 80 Chinese students' believed to have connections with' the communists attempted to hold a meeting but were dispersed by The police party from Lowa Station, only a short distance away, arrived within a minute or two after receiving the constable's report, and such of the crowd as remained were moved on. The wounded man was found lying in Peking Road, near the corner of Kweichow Road, and he was immediately placed in the ambulance and rushed to the Police Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A riot an from the Reserve Unit Handbills bearing communistic propaganda rea) 12 were found on Thorburn-and Ping inane" Roads, ax well as on' the walls of the Ewo, Cotton Mill, 46 Yangtszepoo Road, Other hand bills, urging the people to declare general strike on Labour Day, May 1, have been found on Yang: tszepoo Road

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