The ofieats and the correspondents were then led back to the offices of the provincial government where in room Mr. Shoichi Soto, "Hankow merchant, and Mr. Takeo Tanaka, an employee of the South Manchuria Railway Ca, are lying In a serious condition, According to these two survivors, mass meeting opposing the prom jected re-opening of the Japanese Consulate-General at Chengtu were held both on Sunday and on Mon-ay at Hsiao Cheng Park, 'The demonstrators dispersed once, but gathered around the 'Ta Chen' Hotel Where the four Japanese were ing, at about "3" o'clock in the Leaders of the crowd, who apparently thought that ' Mr, iilchi Iwai, acting Consul, was among the group of Japanese guests at the notd, Sought out the owner of the establishment and demanded that the off dals depart at once. This negotiation lasted for three hours, during which the Japanese gathered' in a root on the ° third "floor. "Meantime, the crowd Kept on increasing, and ap: parently, no efforts wore' made by ities' of the "Bureau" of Public Safety to disperse the mob, Suddenly at about 6 o'clock a sce tion of the crowd rushed the build: ing, overpowering the small guard of policemen. Wrecking the furni= ture on their way up, the mob Teached the third floor, Among them could be seen middle school students uniform. In an attempt to pacify the crowd, Mr. Soto said he had addressed Wha seemed to him to be the leaders explaining that they were hol Japanese officials but travellers, All the Japanese produced their safe-conducts issued at Chungking by the Chinese authorities setting forth their professions,
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