EXTRACTS FROM "TA KUNG PAO” DATEN 15th AND
16th JANUARY, 1948.
15th January
(Precis translation)
Kowloon Incident.
With regard to the Kowloon Incident, a meeting was held yesterday by the Peiyang University students to discuss the Kowloon Incident. It was decided that the Government be appealed to to recover Kowloon by force, that all North China students join together to lodge a protest against the outrageous action of the Hongkong Government and that a demand for compensation for loss of life and property be made to the Hongkong Government.
In view of the serious development of the Kowloon case, the Nankai University students have sent two telegrams; one to the Kowloon Residents' Association asking them to stand firm against the imperialism aggression and promising them that they will back up their movement, and one to the Hongkong Government protesting against their outrageous action and reminding them not to disregard the power of the Four Hundred Million Chinese people.
16th January
An association organised by students to protest against
Kowloon Incident.
The news regarding the Kowloon Incident gives the Tientsin students a great shock. A Kowloon Incident Protesting Association has been organised by certain Tientsin schools. An announcement has been made by them calling the attention of the people' to the Incident and outlining the following steps to be taken:
1. To severely punish the responsible persons
who started the Incident.
2. To demand compensation for the loss suffered by those residents in Kowloon as a result of the Incident.
3. To appeal to the Government for strong
diplomatic setps to be taken to recover Hongkong and Kowloon.
A telegram has been sent to the Chairman of the Government appealing for strong negotiation to be made in this case so as to uphold our sovereignty.
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