Police Station Stormed, Officer Carried Of Machine guns had to be brought! fon to the streets in the West Gate, Nantao, by the Chinese police on December 13 in dispersing a mob of several hundred Communists, who, having participated in an anti. Japanese mass meeting, stormed a [police station near by, carried off officer with them in a demonstra-ion, and damaged 16 vehicles in As the Commu wave of terror, a jin the 'Seeing that the situation was out of control, the police summoned the machine gun' corps. to the. scenes fartial law was declared immedi afterwards.
It was reported that several shots were fred into the alr by the police dispersing the mob and Fecuing ficers Several wealthy Tee nts, who, passed the place Imotor cars during the disturbances, frere. dragged from their vehicle aseashed, "Theis cars were dations goards atthe various rench a ent police Sererazne by see nfrmation
important crecsiags ta flits Teopec: tive districts. rom grils'and barbed frre were used in effecting a block. fe' slong. the boundary fouds be: five en Chinese territory and. the French Concession, Ywhen the frewble Sas at" itp Though it was reported Commonists would tage. a demon: istration on cing Road, and sistribate ant-Kuominiang Ierature happened Careegheot ts day.
"The' meeting was held about 2 pin, by various anti japanese and national salvation bodies, more than 3,000 people, including' merchant, talents, labourers an women, Te: Presenting 40" public organisations Tue. Hecreation Ground, in which the meeting, was held and "an Government speeches were delivered,
ind police, After sous wan surrounded by aroed sar sina; the following ressltlons were adopted: (1) That agreements detrimental to Chins. be! opposed, (2) That a general strike be declared, (3) Toat the establishment of neutral "sone in Chinchow opposed, (4) That the Kuomintang Selovesthsown, (9) That anti japan: ese activities be tightened up, (6) That Drs. Alsrea Ste. and. Welling. fon Koo be not recognised as, China Fepresentatives, and. (1) That a Peoples meeting be called. The Ipecting was alee par ipated in by Koreans.
While the people were dispersing several handed Commanists staged s"'Semonsteation and. proceeded to the old West. Gates "When they Ertived tthe Koomintang. Head funtters, they. attempted to break Send having found that the doors were locked, they threw stones it-Mi, breaking. several windows.
White proceeding along the Boone ater renee: "Not sated with Teds adions, they" attempted" ren o- pcestatin fear by. tence with a, few policemen and police oticer, fon the
SStempted baton Goarge against the" oferd, was, jo tum caved S"iThe situation grew so tense that the row
notice stones sent alarm call to. the headquarters, where a number of motor-cycles with armed police, carrying machine
were shortly. afterwards dispersed. The crowd correct reports concerning the recent Student dlstarbanees in Shanghat Complaining that they have. been down-trodden forthe' past sist aes and dering tthe berg of the Press is expressly guaran the Provisional, Constitution, members of the Shanghai Press Assoclatop, n'a joint manifesto, de-Glare that "hereafter they. will fonger: submit to press censorship for any other unlawal interference rth the freedom of the Press.
The manifesto polts out that the Press is not only" an. important [vehicle for" public information, but also. the mouthpiece of public Spition. The sacredness. of ite fission has been well recognised, that "development of the modern Continuing, the manifesto says
Press la Shanghai began at a much earlier date than in any other part Jot the country. But during the past
Festrctions. un Tannen of arbitrary and tyrannical han been sie
Whenever it filed in any vay to be subservient to the powers-that, be, unlawful restretions, such, for example, as "suspension of press facilities, censorship. or. downright suppression—were imposed with fin: unity. "On the other' hand' the Rroment it failed to gratify the whims of the mobs, fe was me mediately subjected to intimidation, Acts of sabotage and other forms riga -and unlawful. coercion, Tntolerable as were the hamiliations which had been heaped upon the various Rewspayers how. ever endeavoured to carry on in the face of great difficulties, in, order public, to fulfill' their duty towards. the
Such acts of tyranny have now! become more and. more. intolerable Tt has therefore been decided that beginning from the date of the manfesto, all members of the Press Association should refuse absolutely to submit to press censorship or any other interference whatsoever, Liberty of speech and freedom the Press are the two fundamental rights of the people,—rights which have been expressly" guaranteed by) the bequeathed teachings of the late Leader (Dr. Sun) as well as the Provisional Constitution, "As the said Provisional Constitution is the paramount Law of the land during Political Tutelage Period, it is evident that these rights, being pressly guaranteed by the Constitution, can not be denied or ree tracted by administrative order reover, in the grave national people, the moulding of a sound public opinion through the Press is of imperative necessity. This, how-fever, will not be possible unless absolute freedom of the Press is guaranteed, Tu conelasion, the manifesto sounds note of warning by declaring that should further unlawful restrictions be imposed, the newspapers will have choice but to suspend publication together.
the telegram to the National [Government and the Central Party Headquarters, the Press Association urges that immediate steps be taken! to check the unlawful actions of the Shanghai Party Headquarters." The telegram says that liberty of speech land freedom of the Press are ex: pressly granted by the Provisional Constitution, Moreover, she Government and Party Authorities have recently given, repeated assurances that. they would not, interfere with the freedom of the Press.
'Moreover, St has been decided by' the Gentral Political Council that the ty "Headquarters not being. ad ministrative organs, have no righ} Tatters coming ministrative organs, By what authority did the Party tead-quarters st Shanghai arrogate
pers? the telegram asks, the night of detaining new protest (o the Shanghai Party' Headguasters, the Press Association, after pointing. out that it has, right whatsoever to take the action did recently, holds the latter Fesponsible for all damages arising fut of such unlawful actions.
'Similar protests have algo been! despatched' to the Greater Shanghat Sfunieipal Government, the Ministry Communications, and the Shang fai Postal Administration Xue Decesser 9 being the Russiat Day of St. George, patron of the Russian Imperial Army, and of St, Innokenty, patron of Siberia, "all Rus ian schools were closed for the day.
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