CHINA INTRO - 1
10,000 CHINESE SURROUND BRITISH CONSULATE
SHANGHAI, SATURDAY
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE ANTI- BRITISH RIOTS IN CANTON, 10,000 CHINESE STUDENTS HASSED FOR THREE HOURS OUTSIDE THE BRITISH CONSULTE IN SHANGHAI TODAY SHOUTING ANTI-BRITISH AND ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS AND SINGING PATRIOTIC SONGS.
FIVE HUNDRED ARMED POLICE SUPPORTED BY ARMOURED CARS GUARDED THE CONSULATE ENTRANCES AND MAINTAINED ORDER WITHIN AN AREA OF LESS THAN A SQUARE MILE ROUND THE BUILDING.
THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE RECENT BRITISH EVICTIONS OF CHINESE LIVING IN 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 A SMALL DEPUTATION HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO ENTER THE CONSULATE GROUNDS AND HAND A PETITION - BELIEVED TO BE IN THE FORM OF AN ULTIMATUM TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL.
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