4. The Student clasa was hardly stirred by the "Kowloon Incident," merely putting out a faw posters which were pasted on some walls and on the traits and buses, but they would have probably reacted in tune with their Nanking and shanghai brothers had it not been for the burning of the Canton Consulate. This came as a salutary shock to everyone, and even the President's, Representative, Gencral Di Teung-jen, spoke to me at a dinnerparty on the night the news came through and expressed his grave concern at the "action of a small Communist gang that intermingled with the students." I asked if he had any proof that any section of the students was composed of Communists, but he admitted he had not.
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I am reliably informed that when Kuomintang agents in the Universities urged the students to attend a mass demonstration and parade past the British Consulate to protest against the eviction of Chinese residents from Kowloon City, the student-elected leaders strongly advised the students not to participate in the parade and be rade the catspaws of the Kuomintang. Certainly no parade took place, and in my walks in the park when I have talked to several students, I have invariably found them friendly and have not on a single occasion been asked about the "Kowloon Incident.
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