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students and a squad of Chinese! The st 'A group of about 100 Ci nese Police got him The students put up a fight, dur-Police and military engaged ina ink which the latter student was brawl yesterday morning, When the saved and an alleged detective was latter party attempted to interfere apprehended by the students. The with a meeting of scholars at West other detectives drove away with Gate, They were heidi protest Hsu Hong-shun. meeting. 'This may really be con 'The man apprehended by the stud-sidered the first engagement be-vents was called Wang' Feb-sun, tween students and authorities other who was detained by the students, than sporadic brawls which have The middle school students, who loceured at North Station, are working for closer ce-operation Heated speeches were in progress with the university students, ce Jat the meeting, when the police artinued their strike yesterday. \At-rived, who took action when a stud-local Chinese commercial" and' in-tempts are being made to influence ent,' Hsu" Hong-chun,—alleg-
sentative of Peking University. ing' self asa dustrial institutions to declare a. sympathetic strike with the stud: students, row detained in Nanking, ents. A resolution was also. past excoriated them, demanding that the that representations should be made Government should release the cap-to the Bank ation, various tives, He arrested end in the Exchanges and the Chinese Cham-ensuing engagement another ring-ber of Commerce with a view to Teader was taken into custody. questing them not to accept any) new domestic debentures until the The bone of contention, students' objectives have been at-mediately prior to police interfer-tained. nee, Was @ speech by this Peking "representative," who asserted that to strengthen the Governnient's order to enteres their demands, the meeting, and other students in Shanghai, should take measures to. titude in dealing with the release their comrades who had churian situation, the middle school come from the former capital to students further decided to request, plead the national cause. It will be the Natiozal Students' Federation in Fecalled that this student dele Nanking to instruct students tion, 100 strong, arrived throughout, the country to Join king on Saturday to make their the suspension of studies. Means representations in person to General and ways have also been devised Chiang Kai-shek. " The authorities warn the students' guardians and handled them differently than was school principals, in case they should the ease with local delegations and obstruct the strike. /have detained them since, Tt was unanimously passed by all the students that the Propaganda Original Purpose of Meeting Section of the. students' organise tions should intensify anti Although about $0,000 middle school students and 12000 univer: propaganda locally as well sity students have been on strike for interior. "The student representatives are to call on the Shanghai two days, their purpose being 'Municipal Council "to permit the formulate' plana, which would. force middle school students to carry out Nanking. to declare war on Ji propaganda in the Settlement. among all meetings beld yesterday, fevtrouble occurred. /Mt his mee ug: univer Mayor's Hand Forced {ley assembled in the. Young' 3 Some 5,000 students surround-Lcctaring. Group. Society' Build fed the Chinese Municipal offices West Gute, for the purpose of fur! devond Route Ghisi last _night thering general strike of students and presented three defiant workers in retaliation to. Nap. demands to Gen. Chang Chun, ting's failure to carry out their de to which he acceded, wher tnands. Sentimonta Were expressed ever be was able, not knowing the That the Chinese people sould boy. whereabouts of several of. their ott the Danknotes of certain banks. "victims." At the Kuomintang At this point, the police arrived. headquarters, another group of 7 'The Peking. student, defyleg thes, students completely wrecked the called on the assembly to letd thei? building, smashing furniture, fitfasiatance. in securing the. Telease tings, windows and doors' at of the students in Nanking, Te desecrating the portrait of Dr. Sui though thatthe police belived the Speaker to. bea' Communist and "The French police, immediately on they swooped on him, removing hist the outbreak of trouble, barricaded tors motor. cat. the gates slong the Boulevard de This manoeuvre enraged the stud-Deox "Republiques and near. the ents and they vashed Sor-the motor far in-an attempt to. release. tum.
Went Gate Alton pice were Zikawei Creek "and. some of the despatched to the bridges. crovsi Detending themselves and. the ar ested man, the Police forced. thi barbed wire barricades were brought Stadents to retreat other affeers ito place. The tram service and ly coming to their tne, and another student, Chiang materer serices tu Nantan, and throughout the nights? jacent sectors rare suspen Chingaun, wns also. atresied. 'He Subsequent to the morning disorder, the students assembled themselves felt, It ill be their' various school" and. decided noted that the Company makes Jon united action, and had for thole reference to a possible scheme enve the 'Municipal offices." Some for the voluntary taxation of went on foot, others by" tram, and [British firms and residents in thers, in motor trucks. The' frst order to assist the Exchequer. arrive were there between i and It is difficult to see how such a 8 o'clock. "Within an hour the scheme can be launched tire. delegation had. arrived, 6,600 out inflicting grave hardship strong. 'The leaders in. the' mean hile had. swarmed into the offices, and raising dangerous _politi-where Gen. Chang Chan. still wei ical issues in prospect. A at his desk. Shao Li movement for personal and gen-ary fo Gen. Chiang Kaisbel feral subscription with the same fsa in the buildings At mi object in view would perhaps. be neither of these ials was able more practicable and desirable. for leave the bull The Company's interjected obser-the mob were quite orderly darvations on that point are hardly ing the eatly hours of the evening, fac elected several leaders {tori relevant to consideration of the impression which the proposed Fohtan and Chiaotung Universities enter the building' and. confer transfer will or may make on the with Gen, Chang Chun, who received public mind in Great Britain. As them-in his otices, They discussed the vigorous article elsewhere their case with him and presented suggests, there are critics of three demands Shanghai who will be disposed LeThat Col Chen Shih-tseng to make the maximum amount of should be dismissed and punished. jeapital out of the episode. No '2—That Tao Peh-chuan, a Kao-cone desires to hamper a com-infang representative, who usually any in the prudent direction of Attended student. meetings aad who its affairs. In these critical lieged tobe concerned if the morn. times nothing should be done to ing imbrogii, shawld be arrested suggest that important changes and punished. fof policy would be attempted 32That the police should afford without the check of the fall ex-|? protection to. the students dating jamization by public opinion. An jimpolitie and inopportune measure, in such circumstances, may Ihave results gravely prejudicing interests far beyond those {mediately concerned.
That the student arrested ing the morning. should. be nbleas-
Gen. Chang. Chen acca the first demand, remising to dis-|" miss Col. Chen, ahd to issue a war rant of arrest for Tao, and said that]
would order the release of the Peking student if he were still in custody. He would also furnish protection at the students' meetings, In spite of Gen. Chang's assui ance, the. students would not leave' the premises until ed. "They. secured te pared to spend. the night lire lot, however, were determined to remain even without cover. This was the situation at midnight.
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