Evening star., 1960-04-18
Rioting Erupts
Again in Seoul,
Many C|ubbed
Student Clash
Comes as Hugerty
Winds Up Visit

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streets tonight after students
staging anti-government DEM
onstrations clashed with young
toughS and police. Scores of
students were dubbed.
Anti-government demonstra-
tions by schoolboys also
brought clashes with police in
Pusan, southeast port and
South Korea's second largest
city. and Chongju.
The demonstrations, spread
ing to other cities from the
southern port of Masan, are
now in their second week. They
pose a growing problem for
President Syngman Rhee's
government, accused by the
students of rigging the March
Is presidential elections.
Students COunterattack
The rioting in Seoul broke
out after students were at
tackled by club-wielding men in
civilian clothes. Several hun
dred students retreated under
the initial assault, then coun-
terattacked with sticks and
rocks. The attackers fed.
Later the students marched
back to their headquarters at
Korea University in the east
ern section Of the city.
En- route they smashed win
dows in stores and buses. This
sparked a clash with police,
who used clubs on the students.
Finally Dispersed
Finally the students dispersed
after singing the national an
them at the university campus.
The demonstration erupted
in Seoul minutes after White
House Press Secretary James
Hagerty and a party of 40
United States officials and
aides left for home after max
ing arrangements for President
Eisenhower's visit June %. Be-
fore coming here, the Hagerty
party visited Russia to make
arrangements for the PreSi-
dents visit there.
No Special Security
Mr.. Hagerty said today he
thinks Mr.. Eisenhower will meet
Vice President John Chang on
his Korean visit. Mr.. Rhee
Snubbed Mr.. Chang throughout
the opposition leaders four
years in Office.
Mr.. Hagerty said no increases
were planned in Mr.. EiSen-
hower'S security detail despite
anti-Rhee violence following
the election in which Democrat
Chang lost the vice presidency
to Mr.. Rhee running mate on
the Liberal Party ticket, Lee Ki
Poong. Mr.. Chang remains in
Office until August Is.
Seven Ministers of Mr.. Rhee's
cabinet met in an emergency
session today although the
student marches were declared
illegal. officials were reluctant
to order harsh measures by
police, who were accused of
brutality during a series of
election day riots at Masan, 22O
south of Seoul.
In Seoul, several thousand
boys with towels tied over
their foreheads poured from
the campus of Korea Univer-
sity and battled through small
police lines to reach the down.
town district.
Five hundred squatted until
night on the pavement before
the National Assembly, de-
nouncing the election and de-
manding release of comrades
arrested on the march.
Police cordoned off the
squatters.
Stoning mounted police who
tried to force them back, hun
dreds of high school boys at
dusk broke through the lines
to join the demonstrators.
More Demonstrations
The 41a-hour sitdown ended
after the crowd swelled to 5000.
Lee Chul soon, opposition
Democratic assemblyman, told
them in a speech that their
acts were entirely legal and
there would be more demon
strationS in the days to come.
Joined by throngs of towns
people, the students then
marched through the streets,
chanting anti-government slo-
gans and blocking evening traf-
| fic.
In Pusan, 1900 high school
boys stoned policem en-,
smashed windShields of fire en-
gines and injured two officers
before they we're dispersed with
tear gas and warning shots.
In Chongju, 70 miles south
east of Seoul, 1000 boys from
three high schools hurled rocks
at police for an hour and re-
portedly were stoned in return
by officers under orders not to
fire their carbines.