10,000 CHINESE MASS AT CONSULATE
WITHIN 24 hours of the anti-
British riots in Canton, 10,000 Chinese students massed, for three hours outside the British Consulate in Shanghai yesterday shouting anti-British and anti- American slogans, and singing patriotic songs.
Five hundred armed police sup- ported by armoured cars guarded the Consulate entrances.
The demonstrators were protest- ing against evictions by the British of Chinese from condemned huts in Kowloon, Crown territory opposite Hongkong-the issue which led to yesterday's violent outbreak.
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The crowd dispersed after small deputation had been allowed to enter the Consulate grounds and hand a petition-believed to be an ultimatum-to the Consul-General.
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It was thought to be on the lines of Thursday's ultimatum by stu- dents demanding negotiations for the return of Kowloon to China, compensation to evicted squatters, and punishment of people alleged to be guilty of reported atrocities which resulted in the wounding of innocent women and children."
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While being escorted inside the compound, one of the deputation carrying a Chinese flag broke away and ran towards a flagpole bearing a Union Jack. He was stopped by police.
The walls of the Consulate were covered with slogans--" Get out of China. British and United States Army." and "Down with British and United States imperialism."
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