The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-04
Japanese Award
Cause of Riotinq
Wreck Buildings-Police Swept Aside
and Carried Along With Angered Youth

flung open before the blackcoate6
gendarmes who guarded ii.
Fight the Police
j have from an eye witness the
story OF how the crowd finished the
record Of a significant. perhaps his
toric, day.
hastily collected group Of
Peking's best foreign trained police,
the black-aDd white gendarmes, IN
tercepted the students in their -
vance. The crowd had become :
mob, shouting and running, storm
ing toward the north gate OF the
large compound. The police, about
30, were swept out OF the way BY
the students onslaught and carried
with them.
Howiing the rioters fell upon ~
walls Of the house. As they ~
tackled the south gate Tsao Ju Lin
was already hustiipg out by tn
north entrance His family and
two associates hustled into tlweo
automobiles carrying armed out
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communications charged down tn
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center Of the main streets and thru
the gates Of the legation quarter.
Chinese traffic police arrested tl,e
whole party Of refugees on two
counts: exceeding the quarter sped
limit, and riding with armed guafds
thru the legation area. They were
arraigned at the foreign police IT.
ton, but eventually released.
Students in Jail
Meanwhile the students demon-
stration was brought TO a tragic
close. BY evening 80 students,
beaten. wounded lot, were shut up in
two sitting small rooms in the police
station. After Tsao's escape, with
true boy-iike ardor, they had EHt fire
to his property.
But the students rebellion b NJ
over. The next day every boyss
school In the city went on strike.
Tho government normal school end
military college organized un3er
their military drm leaders for fur
ther disturbance and to rescue their
comrades. Tsinghua college also
sent for student drill leaders. Rep-
resentatiyes were sent TO The poIice
station to demand release Of the 81
martyrs" on threat Of forcing tho
jail.
May is National Disgrace day
In China---the anniversary OF the day
in 1915 when the Twcnty-one De-
mands were made by Japan on China.
sanctioned by the now repudiated
minister. Chang. and the unpopular
Tsao Ju Lin. On that day notice was
given that a popular demonstration
would be held under the auspices Of
the Peoples Foreign Relation society.
Young Men Win
The students threatened to hold q
mass meeting on the same day, and
even the dignified and quiet Re-
turned Soldiers club resolved TO meet
and draw up resolutions of an incen-
diary nature. The Chamber Of Com
merce and the heads of the guilds in
Picking were interviewed by student
leaders and promised to close up all
ihuuStry III Il ehiHS unless tne prison.
ers were released May Z.
Early in the morning Of the ap-
pointed day the authorities threw up
their hands. The 33 prisoners were
released on condition that the stu
dents should go back to school. and
everyone resume business as usual.
Back TO school went the victor.
ious students. Their martyr com
rades were brought in with great
rejoicing. mass meetings were held,
the teachers shook hands with the
prodigals and wept with them.
In the first chapter Of China's
reawakening the young are victor
iOus. The resolutions sent by tire
Returned Students, and by the
Chamber of Commerce to the for.
eign legations and up to the peace
conference. the boycott Of Japanese
goods and Of Japanese specie bank
nOtes-these tell the story OF more
trouble to come, and of a more ser.
ious nature. But the schoolboys 1T
the first spark.