The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-04
BY ELIZABETH S. ALLEN

BY ELIZABETH S. ALLEN
On. Il. A. staff Correspondent in
Peking. China
IMiss Alien. special corre~pon-
dent In the Orient for the News
paper Enterpvise Association,
was In Peking when the stu
y dents, In massed array. rioted in
protest against the peace con-
ference award of Shantung 10
Japan. She tells of the event,
which may yet become historic.
In the following storyD
PEKING, China, July 4.-The
dragon has awakened and is
flashing his tail in anger against
the decree Of the Paris peace
conference that awards the
province Of Shantung to Japan.
Perhaps nothing could have
done more 10 unite a divided
country within the bonds Of
national feeling. China feels
outraged, cheated, insulted. She
feels xggrieved AS A WHOLE.
Especially docs Young China feel
offended.
The first organized protest has
been made by the young men, the
students from Picking. But from all
over the huge nation come rumors OF
other protests that may we'll mark
beginning Of stirring events
The riot of May, which / had the
good fortune to witness. bore a
strange resemblance TO the outbursts
by Russian students that forecasted
the revolution. II was a riot for
principle. 1T began peaceably, devel-
oped into fighting. and ended in a
student victory. Its effect has been
TO cement and quicken the protest
all over China
The foreign observer is inclined TO
think that Japan. and the peace con-
ference as well. may have reckoned
without their host.
The entire situation is well worth
Americas observing.
Peking today Is a city Of the
young. II has over 10000 students
OF middle and college ayr. The
Picking Government University, the
Picking Normal C0llege-are all
filled with live wire boys - boys
whom the government has pressed
into military drill Besides, just
outside the city Is Tsinghua or the
Indemnity College harboring the
finest minds and the most earnest
patriots among the young intellect
uals Of China today; within the city,
the Picking Union (missin) Uni
versity. the Union Medical College
Of the Rockefeller Foundation, and
the School Of Commerce, and other
middle schools.
Coudbmst of Anger
The air had been tense in student
circles for some days The men had
been spending their time in military
drill. an unaccustomed sport for the
rather lazy and certainly pacific
school boy of China
On Sunday. May 4. the storm
broke. Forming near Central park,
in the stronghold of new and old
Picking, a procession OF 5000 students
carrying banners marked Return
Tsngtau to U.s." Down With All
oasOi anu oliltI iilOitOtSt CntQ
up to the west gate of the legation
quarter and demanded entrance.
Enthusiastically 1t was to their for
eign friends that the Chinese first
appealed for support.
The officer on guard at the Amer
lean legation barracks when the
crowd OF students approached told
me about IL. He said: The sentry
at the barracks gate reported to me
that a crowd OF men carrying ban
ners, but without arms, were seeking
entrance to the legation quarter. and
wanted to present some sort of reso-
luton to the American minister.
II went down 10 the gate and
saw them standing there-a great
crowd OF young men with their
faces AN turned toward me. One in
front, a very serious little man,
stepped out 10 speak. What's IL all
about?' 1 asked him. We are pro-
testing he answered in good Eng.
lish, against the giving up of Chi
nese territory i'm Shantung TO a for.
eigD power
NtaICn ITHO FTaCaS
~ found that they intended merely
to march thru the legation quarter
not to create any trouble. which they
did quite quietly and solemnly, until
had called DIR. c. d. Tenney, civil
chief of legation police. Meanwhile
the Chinese chief of police had come
up and was arguing with the leaders,
refusing his permission to their DEM
onstration, as he had refused before.
when DIR. Tenney came up and
talked with them, and found that
they were unarmed and merely Civ
ing a peaceful demonstration, he said
he would not forbid them to march
thru. On account of the refusal of
the Chinese chief. however, the lead
ers finally agreed to change their
course. and marched out OF the quar-
ter by different street, which led
them by the drill ground and out of
the quarter onto the main avenue
once more-the Glacis"
Down the great cross avenue they
marched, into the maze of streets
TO the east of Pel,ing-the residence
quarter, and thence to the house of
the arch enemy Of young China,
TsaO Ju Lin. I saw the house next
day-with broken windows, court
;yard pila1~w1h uunuikAgu. and dunn