Police Chief Resigns Following Shooting Canton, Oct, 11.
Twelve persons srlously injured here the first serious outs ton since the inception of the Japanese boycott movement, A mob of students broke into the "New World", a store. on Wing Hon Road, and carried into th ist root all articles which they Heved to be of Japanese origin. With these they made a bonfire.
The police rushed, to the scene, arrested the ringleader and took him to the station. The nob follow-fed and attempted to secure his re-ease, throwing @ volley of stot at the police station. Thus attacked and heavily outnumbered the police repelled the attackers by Opening fire on them. The result} was og stated—12 persons killed and 20 seriously injured.
All the shops in Ving Hon Road! fare closed to-day and the police, who have been heavily reinforced, are patrolling thi and others} where trouble 'As a sequel to the incident, the Chief "of Police, Colonel Chet Hsing-yun, resigned his post this evening. 'The affair has caused much indignation in certain del which are demanding the arrest an' punishment of the police who fired on the students. Those joining in this demand include public organisations, student bodies, bus-drivers and chauffeurs employed in public garage:
For some reason as yet unexplained the affair has caused the realest indignation among the "bus rivers, who have manifested. thei] Glapleagure by walking off duty. As 'a result mo buses are running today, but though the public has been Snconvenienced, the rickshaw-coolies fare pleased, for they are reaping a rich harvest.
The name of the student ring-loader whose arrest caused all the trouble is Yung Han-loo, who has now Decome a hero in the eyes of his fellow students, Oct. 12.
Speaking at the weekly memorial meeting this morning, Mr. Sun Fe one of the leaders of the local Government, said he deplored the shooting of students especially, on such an occasion as the Double Tenth.
The eight policemen who. were responsible for the firing have been arrested and will be tried before a Special cout, ne a communists are taking advantage of the present situation to forment trouble, but to guard against any further disorders the authorities have declared a state of emergency. Troops with fixed bayonets are guarding the streets leading to the headquarters of the Government.—Reuter.
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