Peiping, Dec. 16, "HILE hundreds of students of Peiping colleges and universities stormed the city gates, marched through the streets shouting patriotic slogans, and fought police who attempted to Jsuppress the demonstrations, the inaugurations of the Hopei and Charhar Political Council, set for to-day, was quietly postponed.
With students already gather ring in the city late last night, and additional hundreds prepared to come here from outside the, city, a few members of the proposed Council met at midnight at the Peiping bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and decided to inaugurate the new gov erning body some time between December 18 and December 20, As they met, police with swords drawn and pistols ready guarded the outside of the building to prevent disturbances by students protesting against the formation of the Council, monstration of protest.
Meanwhile, however, 1,500_ other students, mostly from' the Peiping National University, convened with the utmost secrecy and marched. forth before the police were aware Jot their assembly. For three hours they paraded through the streets, ile police ofiers"repeatealy jacked their ranks and attempted to freak up the procession.
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