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10,000 STUDENTS DENOUNCE BRITAIN, U.S.
SHANGHAI, SATURDAY:- THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN WERE DENOUNCED WHEN 10,000 STUDENTS OF BOTH SEXES STAGED
A DEMONSTRATION THIS AFTERNOON OUTSIDE THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN PROTEST AGAINST THE KOWLOON EVICTIONS.
FOR THREE HOURS, FLAG-WAVING STUDENTS MASSED OUTSIDE THE HEAVILY-GAURDED FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE CONSULATE, SINGING PATRIOTIC SONGS AND SHOUTING ANTI-BRITISH AND ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS.
THE DISPERSED AFTER A SMALL DEPUTATION HAS BEEN PERMITTED BY THE POLICE TO ENTER THE GROUNDS AND PRESENT A PETITION TO THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL.
WHILE BEING ESCORTED INSIDE THE COMPOUND A MEMBER OF THE DEPUTATION BEARING A CHI'IESE FLAG BROKE AWAY FROM THE PARTY AND RAN TOWARDS A FLAGPOLE ON WHICH THE UNION JACK WAS FLYING, BUT HE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE.
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FIVE HUNDRED POLICE, ARMED WITH TOMMYGUNS AND RIFLES AND SUPPORTED BY THREE ARMOURED CARS, MAINTAINED ORDER WITHIN AN AREA OF LESS THAN A SQUARE MILE THROUGHOUT THE
DEMONSTRATION.
THE MATURE OF THE PETITION PRESENTED TO THE BRITISH
CONSULAR AUTHORITIES WAS NOT OFFICIALLY KNOWN, BUT WAS BELIEVED
TO BE ON THE LINES OF AN "ULTIMATUK" HANDED
TO THE CONSULATE YESTERDAY BY NINE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES DEMANDING
it IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HONGKONG AND KOWLOON ARE PART OF
CHINA, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WISHES TO TAKE BACK THE DISPUTED TERRITORY AND WILL ASK THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ENTER INTO DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ISSUE."
THIS "ULTIMATUM" FURTHER DEMANDED THAT THE BRITISH PAY COMPENSATION TO THE EVICTED SQUATTERS, PUNISH THOSE "GUILTY OF REPORTED ATROCITIES WHICH RESULTED IN THE WOUNDING OF INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THE RELEASE OF TWO ARRESTED CHINESE.
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THE "ULTIMATUM" ENDED WITH A WARNING THAT IF NO REPLY WAS FORTHCOMING FROM THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES WITHIN ONE WEEK, STUDENTS AND OTHER CHINESE WOULD ADOPT THE SAME "SPIRIT AS DISPLAYED AGAINST JAPANESE AGGRESSION."
THE WALLS OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE WERE COVERED WITH MULTI- COVERED SLOGANS, DENOUNCING BOTH BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
THE MOST COMMON WAS "DOWN WITH BRITISH AND UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM," WHILE OTHERS READ "WE MUST FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH TO REGAIN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON," "GET OUTR," "GET OUT OF CHINA, BRITISH AND UNITED STATES ARMY." REUTER END
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