Negotiations were opened in the middle of the road, amid a crowd Of students, policemen, foreign jour-alists and general public. Everybody Ustened to the arguments' and many Joined in. The police-emeer having been presented with copies of the hand-bills that the students were distributing then said that the students feould not pass in through the gates. unless they handed over their banners to the police and ceased from shouting slogans. The students quite Feasonably argued that on such Jeonditions the whole demonstration would "be useless. All argument roving useless the procession turned and later dispersed in various never out. of
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