United Press correspondent watched a cordon of police, mobilized a strategic gate, tum a fre hose upon the parading' students, Leaders: lof the demonstrators, however, nimbly Jout-flanked the police and cut the hose, swarming through the police feordon as the water was cut elf, Thereafter a squad of thirty police-mea, all bearing big swords, charged Jwithout warning into the student franks, beating all persons in reach land breaking up the parade, Students then began to stone the police ineffectually, thereby provoke jing further beatings of isolated students, Two were seriously cut Ly the [swords wielded by the police, The students who entered the city ast night also marched through the streets, shouting "Down with the Council! Down with Japanese imper!- lism: Hurrah for the—patriotic police!" At first the police ofMieers had not interfered with the demonstra tons.
Earlier between 400 and $00 stu dents of the Railway' College" at JChaoyang and the Girls" Couege marched past the residence of Gen. Hsiao Cheng-ying, recently-appointed Mayor of Tientsin and member of the Projected Council, shouting "Down with Hsiao Cheng-ying! Down with traitors!"
Hundreds of police emeers were assigned to guard every school and college in the vicinity in an effort to prevent an exodus of students to foln the demonstrations, At many of the institutions, however, the students rushed the police Lines and escaped.
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