A crowd of Chinese numbering about 30, who were apparently taking part in an organized demonstration, is then said to have burst into the hotel, and proceeded to smash up one partition of the room in which the British party was dining. The mob then crowded into the room.
Two of the Chinese, one armed with a bamboo pole, and the other with a Stick, with a knife at the end, then advanced on the Britons, did a kind of war dance in front of them, and finally struck Mr. Robey and Mr. King, who were not seriously hurt, however.
At this point, Japanese gendarmerie arrived at the hotel and dispersed the demonstrators.
It is understood that the British Embassy here has lodged a protest with the Japanese Embassy against the lack of protection offered British nationals, and has asked that the cul-brits should be punished.
The Japanese authorities in Peiping are said to have promised to invest-gate the matter—Reuter.
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