Two slogans were being brandished about by the students in control of five third-class carriages.
One demanded the Immediate re-Jease of Gen, Chang Hsueh-liang, a principal in the Sian coup of last December, and his return as Chancellor of Northeastern University.
The other urged the students of the institution to unite in opposing the school's transfer to Sian, The demonstration followed a mass meeting of students staged on the campus yesterday, At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the "petitioning corps" began marching towards the Siation, Police sought "to stop the demonstralors, but failed.
'A serious outbreak of violence was feared at one time, but the students succeeded in marching through police cordons without much hindrance and Teached the station at 4 o'clock.
"petitioning corps" from proceeding further south, "Authoritative Chinese quarters here to-night indicated that a small group of student spokesmen would be allowed to come to Nanking provided the remainder returned to Tu these circumstances, rapid and peaceful settlement of the student outbreak is expected—Domel, Move to Appease Agitation Peiping, May 24.
An unusual measure was taken to-ay to appease the agitation of supporters of the North-eastern University when General Shao Wen-kal, Chief of the Military Police, fore. stalled their threatened demonstra tion by paying a series of house-to-house visits to the principal malcon: ents, General Shao urged them 10 abide by the wishes of the Central Government.
Earlier inthe day a deputation of these supporters had walted on General Chin Teh-chun, Mayor of Peiping, order to press the claims of the students' families for free transport tion to the south. The Mayor, however, declined to see them.
The demer University now on special exe, t0 Nanking where' they will present petitions. against the change in the locale and personnel of, the University.
The students insist that the univerily remain in Peiping instead of being removed to Kaifeng, in Honan, and they also desire the retention of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang as Chancellor, Meanwhile, about 400 men, women and children, claiming to be relatives the North-eastern University stu dens, are also demanding free trans~ portation to the south, They say: "The students who left reported not days, They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, and we want to join them and starve too, if necessary."
'The last report from the 400 students was that they were being tained at Liuchuan, in northern Kiangsu, by the local authorities, They had left Peiping for Nanking' ino [special train provided for them on May 19, 'AL the news of their detention their 300 Allowed to Leave May 19.
Ending a 24-hour "siege" of Chie men Station, 300 delegates of the North. eastern University "petitioning corps" eft for Nanking, via Tientsin at 440 O'clock this afternoon, The demonstrators were provided tree transportation as far as Tientsin bby the Peiping-Liaoning Railway Administration which attached three supplementary third-class carriages; 0 a south-bound local train.
This brought to a, conclusion the "tie-down"—demonstration which threw into confusion railway sche>
The Chienmen station master and nis assistant disappeared this morn-Ing pending the receipt of a reply to their requests for instructions, ap-[parently seeking {o avoid respon bility "for possible developments. before the municipal. of with the object of enlisting the assist= ance of General Chin Tehchun on behalf of the students,
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