The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-10-23
STUDENTS CALL
NATION STRIKE
Form Patriotic SoCiGty---CloSe
Shops and Banks to Gain
Patriotic Demands.
GOVERNMENT ALLOWS FONTS
Miss Harriet Smith, Y. w. C. A. Student
Secretary in China, Relates Amaz.
ing story Of How 10000 Stu
dents Organized Themselves.
BY eERNlcE eRlswoLp.

Miss Harriet smith, for ten years n
student secretary Of the Young Wom.
ems Christian Association in Shanghai
China. relates the amazing story OF
how 10000 Chinese students orgnulci
themselves To Dust the milituusis from
Government offices I'm rckng aud how
they succeeded IN becoming the lead
crs OF Cl.u
Fearing That China was not to be
projected from the aggression of other
nations 10y iuy Peace Treaty as sh"
had expected 10 be, some 10000 stu.
dents. mn Of them between the ages of
twelve and tWputy-onc years aud In
Guiding 5000 girls, organized them
selves into the Chinese students Pa
triutic Society Immediately after the
publication of the first draft of the
Peace Treaty to fight for Chinese
rights.
Their first move was 10 strike from
school or, rather, from lectures, MS
they remained in their respective
schools aud spent so many hours daily
In private study They then organized
into bands for getting out propaganda
literature and for public speaking In
the country and small towns and In the
tea shops IN poorer districts of the
cities IN order that they might reach
the vast numbers OF people who could
not read
Immediately upon organizing, the
students published their demands, -four
| I'm number: U) that the miltarists,
who as a party were pro-Jnpanese and
| practically controlled the Government
at Picking, he put out of office; (2) that
Shnntung he returned to China (3)
| that the twenty-one demands made by
| Japan In 1915 he cancelled; 90 that
there be freedom of speech and nf the
/ press They also insisted that the
| Chinese constitution he finished
| An immense amount of literature
was put out, much of 1t In the new
! phonetic script which is being launch
ed In China, 81 that the uneducatet
classes might learn what was happen
| ing. Students lpcturcd everywhere or
the demands. stirring the people to pa
triotism. When many of them wer,
arrested while parading In the streets
of Picking they formed I'm Association
| Of Imprisoned Students within Tho
prison ana refused To be released. pick
| citing the stockude themselves whei
Government guards We're taken away
! until the Government submitted
proper apology for having imprisoned
them in the beginning
| When II became evident that eco
nOmic pressure was all that would u,
| effective both the bankers nnd mer
chans' guilds were called upon To hucl
J the students In less than tw,
| hours" Miss Smith said. "thc shutter
were up at every shop in that grcn
! city Of Shanghai, where telephones ar,
few and communication difficult
Every shop, whether large or small
WAS closed The luhurlng people, feel
Ing us patriotic as the bankers. mpr
chants ana students, also joined th
! general strike For n week eyCrythin,
was closcd--shops, money exchanges
fish markets, shipping, "ycrytbine
! The students struggled ia keep publ
utilities running The telephone Srry
tee was stopped for short time, hU
the students soon had II running again
They held meetings day and night, try