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CHINESE POLICE CHIEF TO INVESTIGATE CANTON RIOTS
SHANGHAI, SUNDAY:- PAN HANK-WEI, POLICE
DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR OF THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF
THE INTERIOR, WILL LEAVE SHANGHAI TOMORROW FOR CANTON TO INVESTIGATE FRIDAY'S ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA CAPITAL.
THE INVESTIGATION WAS ORDERED BY DR CHANG LI-SHENG,
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, AFTER TALKS LAST NIGHT WITH THE POLICE DIRECTORATE.
THE SUPERVISOR HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE
-CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INCIDENT, THE CONDITION AND PERSONAL SAFETY
OF BRITISH CONSULAR PERSONNEL AND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO BRITISH PROPERTY.
HE WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT LOCAL POLICE ARE TAKING "EFFECTIVE STEPS" TO PROTECT FOREIGN NATIONLS.
EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS, ALL WAS QUIET IN. SHANGHAI TODAY.
THE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL, HOWEVER, REMAINED UNDER STRONG GUARD WITH RIOT SQUAD POLICE ARMED WITH RIFLES AND SUB- MACHINE GUNS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ITS LARGE GARDEN. REUTER 1208
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IN SPITE OF HARD LABOUR ON THE PART OF AN ARMY OF COOLIES, SEVERAL SLOGANS WRITTEN ON WALLS WITH PITCH REMAINED TODAY AS A MEMORY OF YESTERDAY'S STORMY DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE MOST CONSPICUOUS OF THESE ADORNED THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL PURCHASING OFFICE, READING: "GET OUT,
YOU DIRTYB AMERICAN BEASTS.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALSO CAME IN FOR ATTACK IN SOME SLOGANS, EVIDENTLY PAINTED LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING ONE DEPLORING
"SOFT DIPLOMACY" ON CHINA'S PART.
ACCORDING TO CHINESE REPORTS, STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE KOWLOON EVICTION ISSUE ARE DUE TO BE HELD IN HAMKOV, 600 KILES UP THE YANGTSE RIVER FROM SHANGHAI, AND PEIPING, THE FORMER CHINESE CAPITAL.REUTER MF -
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