Jan. 15. meeting, and to ask for instructions, and the students made the mistake of believing he was calling for police and military assistance.
Having earned that trouble was brewing at Saichuen the Government sent 70 detectives, and a detachment fof gendarmes and they beat the students in the race to the First Middle School, The college boys could not fo in, and the middle school boys could not come out.
After an impromptu street parade fon Thursday some of the marchers from both these and other schools called on. the provincial. commis-sloner of education with reference to petition to withdraw the ban en such demonstrations, They were denied admittance, whereupon a barrage of stones was hurled at the departmental signboard which was badly broken.
Mr. Chow Lu, the Chancellor blames: himself for what the students did. and is willing that the Government Should punish him as well as the students who damaged the school property. He has wired to Nanking ud expressed the same sentiment to the Political Council. He was exonerated subsequently.
"The Minister of Education, upon hearing from Mr, Chow Lu, telegraphically ordered the Commissione: of Education to announce that the Spring vacation for all colleges and middle schools should begin at once Usually the term docs not end tilt round March 1.
The University Chancellor has. called upon the parents to come for their children, "Thereby he will make sure that the students go to their homes; that they will not Toat yound and further annoy the authorlies
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