Evening star., 1935-12-16
GO STUDENTS HURT
IN PE|P|NC RIOT ON
TOXIC AGGRESSION
Swords, Guns and Fire
Hoses Used by Police. to
Disperse 1000.
EMONSTRATION HALT
DEMANDED BY JAPAN
National Strike Called by Youths
Insisting on Resistance by
China to Invasion.

Making effective use OF their mil
itary might, Japan sponsored in
dependence" OF Manchuria and
Jehol, North China provinces, in
1928. Last month, S1hile rely
held tporld spotlight, fDe more
provinces mere declared deSirous OF
"independence";; nroDement later
simmering down to Hopeh and
Chdhdr Compromise agreement
reached NTH Chinese central goD-
ernment. Not included in area
affected by compromise" is East
Hopeh, where local military leader
yesterday seized Tdnoku and en-
pEdsized independence" tChtle jap
anese troops stood By.
Copyright. 1885. by the Associated Press)
PEIPING, December II (TuesdaO.
Chinese sources reported tonight go
student demonstrators, protesting
japanese aggression" were injured
when 1000 students clashed with
police.
Swords. butts of guns and fire hoses
were used by the police in breaking
up the outbreak. the most serious
since Sino-Japanese tension recently
increased, it was stated.
Lieut.. Col. Tan Takahashi, jap
anese military attache at Peiping,
warned Mayor Chin Teh-Chun that
continuation of the student rioting
would constitute a violation Of the
Sino-Japanese understanding OF last
June and must be halted.
Demonstrators Marooned.
With the gates of the city locked,
several thousand student demonStra-
tors were marooned for the night in
side the city, unable to return to their
universities. They shouted anti-Jap-
anese slogans in the bitter cold night.
The students, defying police clubs,
warning volleys of rifle FIRE and
streams from fire hoses, had stormed
through Hsipienmen gateway earlier
in the day.
In a huge mass meeting at Chen
man Railway Station, just outside the
legation quarter, 1000 demonstrators
decided to call a national student
strike.
They voted to send circular tele-
gram throughout China, opposing
autonomy of North China, denounc-
ing Sino-Japanese negotiations. de-
manding that China yield nothing to
Japan and calling for abolition of the
mi-autonomous Hopei- -Chahar polit
ical council.
Many Saved From Beating.
Many students were saved from be-
ing numerically beaten by the in
tervention of foreigners, who were
among the spectators.
The demonstrators stood tor two
hours in the railway station shouting
their favorite slogans:
Down with Japan"
Down with traitors"
Down with the new council"
Save China"
Earlier, in the midst of the week
end student strike, the inaugural
meeting of the council was indefinite
ly postponed.
Gates HurriedIy Closed.
The gates to this ancient one-time
capital of China were closed hurriedly
when students from outlying universe
ties marched on the city.
This correspondent saw hundreds
of students of the National Normal
University fight through lines of po-
lice armed with swords and riot guns
apd invade the north end of the city,
shouting slogans against autonomy
and Japanese aggression"
Some students suffered sword cuts
and broken heads in the scuffiing. In
most instances, however, the dem
onstrations were broken up almost i'm
mediately.
An attempt by 500 students of the
American-supported Yenching and
Tsinghua Universities to march into
the city was frustrated by the clos
ing of the gates.
The 1000 demonstrators attempted
to march to the Offices of the city
government to present petition, but
police blocked their way and fired over
the heads of the students. None was
struck by bullets.
Students also demonstrated near the
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