Chungking, Aug. 28.
An official version of the rioting. was submitted to Mr. Kasuya, Jopanese Consul, yesterday, by Gen, Ho Kuo-kuang, chief-of-stair of the provisional headquarters of the chairman of the Military Affairs Commission here, According to this, various groups of demonstrators, consisting of members of the a mass meeting at which speakers denounced the projected reopening of the Japanese Consulate at Chengtu, began parading the streets on Monday afternoon Tate in the evening, a group attacked the Tachuen Hotel, where four Japa: ese visitors—the only Japanese. in Chengtu—were staying. About ten member of the Bureau of Public, Safety sought to halt the demonstrators and offered to take the four Japanese into custody and hold them the offices of the Provincial Government, but the leaders of the mob were adamant, While negotiations were going on, the crowd had grown considerably trid the situation became grave. The Japanese were advised to flee and Sought to escape by jumping over a wall around the hotel. Then they scattered in an attempt to escape, and one sought sanctuary in a branch of the Bureau of Public Safely. The other three disappeared, and, in a subsequent search organized by the director of the Bureau of Public Safely, two were found dead, In the affray with the mob, one policeman was killed and several others injured. Casualties were also sustained by the attackers. Several students were noticed among the crowd, which, the Chinese author ties contend, was incited by Com munists and other disgruntled elements, Several leaders of the mob were arrested on the spot, and two of them were executed on Wednesday. Arrests were carried -on all Tuesday, resulting in several disturbs ances.
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