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THE SHOOTING IN CIDENT - IN PEKING.

THE FULL DETAILS.

17 KILLED 30 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

SEQUEL TO AGITATION AGAINST POWERS.

THE HONGKUNG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL- IST,

The Northern papers contain the stantly. Many of the wounded were sant following reports of this incident:- to the P.U.M.C. and other hospitals in

the East City.

PaXING, March 18th. The students' protest over the Chinese reply to the Powers' ultimatum, culminat- od in a serious disturbance at the Cabinet offices this,, afternoon, when guards fred upon a crowd of demonstra bors numbering nearly 1,000, infieting several casualties,

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Immediately alter the firing, which lasted about Ava minutes, the Premier got into touch with General Li Ming Chung, Acting Commander of the Local Garrison, and asked him to send a de- tachment of soldiers to the Cabinet and the private residence of Marshal Tuan It appears that a group of students for protection which arrived soon after

According to the soldiers who visited the Waichinopu yesterday evenwards. ing and presented to the acting Foreign fired on the crowd, they were obliged to Minister a draft of the suggested" reply tire when they saw that several demon; to the Note from the Powers. This was strators were armed with revolvers and of a very much more uncompromising tried to use them.-Kua Fen. character than the reply that actualy was scot, and some hundreds of students paraded the streets this morning in pro- test against what they regarded as the Government's pusillanimity. Early in the afternoon they marched to the Cabinet office with the object of demanding the. dismissal of those responsible for the official reply, a forecast of which was published by the Chinese papers this morning,

The guards prevented the entry of the demonstrators, who endeavoured to force their way L, and used their bayonots. Finally they fired point blank at the crowd, with the result that a number were killed and wounded.

The actual number of casualties is not known and the conflict of opinion on this "point" is considerable. It is known, how. ever, that seventeen dead bodies were counted at the Cabinet office after the shooting and that of twenty wounded who were removed to the P.U.M.C. two succumbed to their injuries during the

afternoon.

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PEKING, March 19th.

At least seventeen students were kill- cd, thirty seriously wounded and many injured when the bodyguard of the Pro- visional Government this afternoon fred orn crowd of several thousand students of the Government and private institu-

-tions--

Among the dead are reported to be two girls. To-day's incident is the outgrowth of a less serious one last evening when the bodyguard beat several students who were trying to aco the Premier to submit protest against the ultimatum of the

Protocol Powers.

4. The Pratöcek of 1901 and all other

unequal treaties should be made null and void.

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b... The foreign warships and foreign

troops at Peking and Tientsin and at.

all other porta should be withdrawn immediately.

BANKRUPT SOVIET.

"HIGH FINANCE" METHODS.

EXPORTS TO BE FORCED.

The Biga correspondent of the Chicago

The instigator of the Taku in-Tribune last month cabled:— cident should be punished.

d. Compensation and indemnity

While more than a hundred foreign

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“AUTOCRATS OF THE PUBLIC. SCHOOLS.

* INSOLENT " HEADMASTERS AND DISTRESSED PARENTS,

FATHER'S PLAINT.

BOY EXPELLED FOR DEJECTING TO REGGEE." - should be paid to the dead and wound. I delegates are taking part in the session

References in London papers to the ed in the Kuominchun through the Taku of the executive committee of the Com

munist International at Moscow, the amoyante suffered by parents who on affair.

same Soviet papers which are printing visiting public schools have been forbid accounts of their optimistic predictions den to take their children to a restaurant involving the downfall of capitalistic ar hotel have aroused considerable in countries contain examples of Soviet high terest, and a correspondent, points ont Snance which it is impossible to duplicate that there are other ways in which irrita in the history of international trade.

tion is caused.

A monument should be erected for the dead officers and soldiers.

f. On the day of their burial, the different official institutions under eight countries in China should heist their national flags at half mast.

5.

An apology should be offered to the Chinese Government by the eig countries for the unfortunate event. 7-The bodyguard who wounded re- presentatives of the different public bodiss yesterday should be severely punished.

6-A telegram should be sent to the Auominchan encouraging them to fight for anti-Imperialism-Chung MA,

"I think it is about time," writes a The desperate financial plight of the Soviets daily occupies the pages of the Reading father," that some of the beads Moscow newspapers. The Prarda re of our schools were taught to understand ports that the present position of affairs that they may not dictate to parents, as has reached the point of forcing exports to what they may or may not do when at all costs. It does not matter if the the children are outside the school build- Soviet Government experts materials ing. I think the case I am about to men which are worth 100,000,000 gold roubles tion is barder than those mentioned in

Russia, and only obtains your paper, within 73,000,000 gold roubles for them abroad, continues the paper, stating that this loss would be more than covered when the It is reliably stated that Hsu Chien Government uses the five or six million has submitted a petition to the Govern-roubles from the money realised to pur- chase the necessary manufactured goods ment urging five things.

abroad, and increases their price four marketed by the co-operative stores in or five hundred per cent before they are

Russia.

PEKING, March 19th.

1.-The dismissal of the bodyguards of the Provincial Government and substitu tion of a new guard.

9.-The request that Marshal Tuan re- sign.

3-Organization of a People's Govern

ment.

-The joining with Germany, Russia, Austria and other countries to defeat British and Japanese Imperialism.

The removal of the Ministers of the eight Protocol Powers.

In some circles it is reported that the Cabinet this morning discussed, this decidedly radical proposal, but no men tion was made hereof in the public statement of the Chief Secretary Chung Mei

PERING, March 10th.,

GOODS SCARCE AND COSTLY.

The shortage of manufactured goods throughout Russis is now more felt by the population than in the early days of the Revolution, when people had plenty of old clothes to wear out and Russia's former rich were selling their possessions on the market places for bread. A pair of women's ordinary cotton stockings now costs four gold roubles (about Ds.) in Moscow and Lenin. grad, while the price in provincial cities is even higher.

"My boy has been at a public school just on four years, and the headmaster has, at the commencement of this term, dismissed him because he objects to play the game of Rugger. He is nota strong boy but not such a one as would justify a doctor writing a certificate to get him exemption from the game.

WORK PREFERRED. TO FOOTBALL, The bay is quite willing to do extra work in place of the game, but the head- master will not entertain anything except the game in question. The boy has re- ceived good reports the whole time he has been at the school, and I am satis- fred with his progress. I should like to know if any of your readers have had a similar experience.

Various authorities interviewed to-day expressed surprise that a boy should be dismissed for the reason given. I have never heard of a similar case," said Mr. W. A. Bulkeley-Evans, secretary of the Headmasters' Conference. "It is cer- tainly not the rule to insist on the claims of sport to the exclusion of all else. Solicitude for the boys' welfare at public schools has never been greater than it is to-day."

A DOCTOR'S VIEW,

"Isn't it like a schoolmaster to do a thing like this?" exclaimed a doctor who was asked for his opinion. "The boy. who did not want to play Rugby was, probably right. When boys do not want to play a game they are right in nine some hidden reason for, their disinchina cases out of tea, for there is probably tion.

Enraged at that treatment the students gathered together this morning at the Tien An Men and marched to Marshal Tunn's office in the old Ministry of Navy

Presiding at a conference at the Krem on North Haramen Street. No high

lin yesterday, the Soviet Commissar official-was in and the students got into

It is estimated that the total casual Rykoff reported that, the peasants the court aside the gates, where spec- ches were made and general confusion ties, as the result of the shooting at the throughout Russia had stopped selling reigned with shouting and milling about. Cabinet Office yesterday, are 190, includ their farm produce and the prices of food stuffs were rapidly increasing in all The troops, who belonged to the 3rd ing fifty killed. Of those who died in the vicinity of the Cabinet thirteen male

cities, as the peasants were demanding Altogether fifty casualties were attend Battalion under the Commander of th ed to by the P.U.M.C. and it is prob. 2nd Regiment of the Bodyguard, at students, two girls and one woman have manufactured goods instead of Soviet paper money for their products. Unless able that a good many other eases re-tempted to silence the demonstrators been identified, while fifteen have not

The latter "wanted to know how they yet been identified. The remainder of the Government immediately exports all' ceived treatment elsewhere. The casual

could keep quiet while the country was the dead succumbed at various hospitals available raw products, even semi-manu ties, who included several women were

factured and manufactured products, not all students. Several bystanders being sold. They insisted that they be to which they were conveyed.

allowed in to see the Premier and even

During the night requests for admit-abroad, there is danger of currency in- appear to have been hit.

When the students arrived at the door-appointed a Committee" of five to inter- tance by wounded students were received fation, reported Rykoff. The purchasing way of the Cabinet offices at about 1.30 view him.

"In such circumstances it would be à and a number of badly wounded cases already greatly fallen throughout Russia, p.m. they elected two representatives to In some way that is hard to glean from virtually all the hospitals in Peking. power of the Soviet gold rouble has bo continued, declaring the peasants must the ended in death.. interview General Chia, the Premier, either the excited students or

be pacified with immediate imports of very silly thing indeed for a headmaster wis fired, the The latter had already left his office but authoritics, a volley

The Chinese papers this morning goods needed for their farms and villages, to insist on the boy either playing or when they were informed of this the guards say into the air. The crowd, not

awed by that, was next fred into by the publish full details of the deplorable in- in order that the peasants, finding they being dismissed from the school.

en purchase something with their Soviet really cases of this kind are merely on students still demanded to see him think- ing that they were being put off and troups, and from the sound which was cident but make "little comment.

audible all over the northern section of in Hain Pan (Kuomintang organ) paper money, will sell their foodstuffst es wich toeterally insolent tone that is being adopted by some head- that General Chia actually was inside,

They tried to force their way in to the Peking, several vellers must have been lays the blame upon the Chief Executive, cheaper.

while the Ching Pao (Kueminchua) says

After hearing Commissar Rykoff's re-masters to-day. The reason is a simple premises and were repelled by Marshal fired. Taan Chi Jui's bodyguard who used

Within ten minutes students, covered that the catastrophe is without precedent

Framme for "forcing exports" on theThe normal boy always wants to play

places than they can take in batons at Grst. When the students con- with blood and wish clothing torn and in the history of China. Even in absolateport, the conference endorsed the pro-e: they have so many more applicants

Jines mentioned, advocating that the po tinued to press forward the troops fired dirty began streaming down all the monarchies unarmed men are not killed It regrets that the a few blank round and then, as the crowd streets from the scene, most of them in in this manner,

sent situation, which calls for the co-ope- was still surging onward they fired point a tremendous state of fear and excite Government by its ersity has sown the pulation of Russia, be informed of the pre- blank with, ball ammunition.

ment. The wounded remained where seeds of future revolution.

ration of the peasants to enable the Government to save the stabilised Soviet they fell and were later taken to the P.U.M.C. and other hospitals while those

ebersonetz. less seriously wounded were taken in rickshas or supported by friends and dragged away,"

Eye-witnesses state that three or four volleys were fired and the afterwards the crowd scattered in all directions, the soldiers continuing to shoot at them as they fed..

All of the ring was done by men of Marshal Tuan Chi Jui's bodyguard, which has no connection with the Kuominchun and was fortherly an Anfu unit. There appears to have been a certain amount of bad blood between these troops and the students on account of a clash which occurred yesterday since one of the Com- munist groups' demands, was for the unishment of the members of the body guard responsible for the injury of cer- tain of their number on the previous day. A few minutes after the firing took place General Li Ming Chun arrived on Premier was the spot and finding the r the Chief Executive by whom he was instructed to tako drastic measures against the students and if necessary to proclaim martial

law.

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Kuominchun troops were sent to main tain order in the vicinity. The shops in the neighbourhood were closed for some. time and the trams ceased running. The situation is well in hand this evening but high indignation prevails among the students.

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The firing occurred between 1.35. and 1.30 and within a quarter of an hour Commander Li Ming Chung. the Kuomin- chun Defence Commissioner and acting Chief of Police arrived on the scene. He was greatly wrought up and demanded Lo know who gave the order for the valley.

Commander Li then went to see Mar sha! Tuan and protested that his body guard should not have been allowed to Commander Li insist slay the students ed that in the fact of what had happen- ed he could no longer remain in the capital and unless the radical elements ceased agitating he would immediately withdraw all Kuominchan troops.

It is reported that he blamed the for- cign Powers as being indirectly behind the trouble since they submitted the ultimatum which caused the students to demonstrate. He is said to have told the Chief Executive that he would leave the capital to the Powers to look after.

The authorities responsible for the firing later explained as their reasons that the speeches made in front of the Government were entirely too radical against it and it was feared that there. were many among the mass who insisted upon overthrowing the Government and replacing it with a People's Government.

Yesterday's demonstration was divided into two parts, one group going to the Foreign Office where they desired to force the Vice-Minister to sign a Note which they had drafted denouncing the ultimatum of the powers.

were

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The

BANKRUPT BY CHARITY. REASONS WHY A COWBOY

BARONET FAILED,"

An emergency meeting was called by Marshal Tuan at his residence yesterday shortly after the affray, which was at- tended by the Cabinet Ministers and General Li Mung Chung. According to semi-official reports the Chief Executive said that the Communist movement had seriously affect the prestige of China. necessary to Rigorous measures were

The GovernI- suppress the movement.

Donations to charity and exorbitant ment was charged with being Bolshevik, which was not the case."

interest on loans from moneylenders were General Li Ming Chung was then in-tated as causes of his bankruptcy by the structed to order the arrest of a number Rev. Sir Genille Cave-Browne-Cave, -Bt.. of alleged Communist agitators, includ-rector of Londesborough, East Yorks, ing Messrs. Hsu Chien, Tah Chao, Li whose creditors met at York. Shih Tseng.. Kce Meng Ya and Yi Pei

who is popularly known as the cowboy A statement of affaira by Sir Genille, Chi.

When the meeting ended the Govern- baronet, showed Eels gross liabilities, ment sent a circular telegram to the of which £779 was said to be unsecured, provinces ordering the arrest of those his assets, consisting of a small sum in mentioned above. A mandate ordering the hands of solicitors, furniture, and a these arrests was drafted but was not portion of his stipend, estimated to issued. The draft of this telegram was produce published this morning in the Ching Pao as follows:-

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W.R. LOXLEYUG SULE AVENES

TSAR'S CROWN JEWELS..

A £50,000,000 COLLECTION.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALE.

The correspondent of the Chicago Tribune wired from Rigs last month:--- Negotiations are proceeding satisfac torily." according to the latest Moscow the vast collection of the Russian Crown foreign buyers, many representatives of jewels, seized during the revolution, to newspapers received here, for the sale of

capital. In addition to cash, the Soviet. whom are at present in the Soviet Government is negotiating for the ex- change of a large portion of the treasure in return for agricultural machinery, locomotives, etc., which Russian industry badly requires,

be brusquely disregarded. there is some r81300, some unfitness, that You get the same thing, at times with regard to food that makes no appeal, no matter how healthful it may be.

"In my opinion there must be many boys playing now under orders who would be much better off if they were not play-offered for sale are appraised variously

ing."

AN OLD BLUE'S OPINION.

"i must confess I have never heard of a boy being dismissed from school for the reason given," said Mr. Gordon Rogers an old Oxford Blue and a well-known scholastic agent.

Official sources state that the jewels

by Russian, French, Czecho-Slovak, and estimated value is just over £30,000,000 other experts, but the average of their sterling. The jewels date from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. They comprise 406 separate pieces of jewellery. The total weight of the diamonds alone is It is customary now for the boy to 25,300 carata; pearls 6,800,- sapphires, all in with the games at the public schoci 1,300, ezgeralds 6,200, and uncut, cubits he is attending unless he is medically un 1,300 No other historical collection of fit. In the case you mention the boy is to play the school game. That puts the the Crown jewels, either in value or his apparently not unfit, and yet is unwilling gems, whether royal or private, accord. ing to the Russian officials approaches beadmaster in a rather difficult position.

torical interest. He has to tell the boy to play the does not represent all the Russian Crown The present collection game, and if there is any reason against jewels, but only those covering the last bis playing the parents can get a letter 200 tears. from the doctor.

Of the 406 items in the collection, 20 "I do not think it can be said fairly

per cent. were supplied by Peter the Sir Gentile Cave-Browne-Cave, before that the schools are overdoing sport, taking orders in 1691, fought in India, in although up to the end of the war there rent, 40 per cent. by Elizabeth, Cathe During the past seven years Hau the Boxer rising in China, and in the was a tendency in that direction. But tine the Great, and Paul; 25 per cent. by Alexander. Iand Nicholas I; 10 per Chien, La Tah Chao, Kos Chao, Koo Spanish-American war. He ranched for since then the educational standards bare cent. by Alexander II, and Alexander Chao Hausa, Li Yu Ying, Pi Fai Ch many years in America, and eventually been altered, and a better type of master III, and 5 per cent. by Nicholas II. have instigated educational storms. became a Wesleyan minister there. He is chosen. Up to a few years ago a man Conspicuous among the collection are Yesterday, under the pretext of in-fought with the British artillery in the who got his Blue could get a teaching three noble crowns. The largest of these, fluencing a diplomatic issue, they dis great war, and after his órdication held position on that qualification, but cand the Imperial Crown of all the Russian

tions are different now, and proficiency was made for the Coronation of Cathe turbed the peace by leading the masses curacies at Walthamstow and Brompton.

in games does not lead to his appoint-rine the Great in 1789. It contains 268 to burn down the Cabinet Office and

ment as a master. Sport proficiency is fight with the guards. There were

not by any means the only thing that casualties on both sides.

matters in education."

The troops and police are hereby ordered to have these men arrested and brought to trial, and the provin cial authorities are ordered to do like wise."

OFFICIAL" REPORTS.

·WORST. HEAT FOR 30 YEARS.

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diamonds, seventy-five huge pearls, and. many other large stones. Burmounting the Crown is a superb cross of diamonds. supported by an uncut ruby of 402 carats, one of the world's largest. The crown is valued at £10,000,000.-

Other principal articles are nine emble matic globes, sceptres, and chains of fine craftsmanship, containing diamonds,

LATER. To-day's demonstration at Tien An Men had a tragic ending in the Cabinet office at about two o'clock this afternoon when the soldiers on duty were forced

guilt of the traitors, who should be to fire on a crowd of over three hundred

brought out to be disposed of by the demonstrators, mostly members of the

mob. Orders were immediately shouted out and dare-to-dies, some two dosen of left Wing of the Kuomintang, in order

whom were armed with pistols, rushed to prevent them from rushing into the

the building and open fire on the guards, building. As a result, seven students

General Li Ming Chung last evening one of whom was wounded seriously, and

A responsible correspondent telegraph. were killed, including a girl studeat from

The second group went to the Cabinet issued a proclamation prohibiting public who were forced to defend themselves ed from North-Western New Sonth the Normal University for Women, while a number of others were seriously wound. Office and on being told that Marshal meetings, but martial law was not pro-against the fierce onslaught. One brownie Wales last month: Many people still pearls, and rabies weighing as much a revolver with two cartridges, and one going down to the heat wave. Local fifty curata sach; twenty-three magnificent ed. The space in front of the Cabinet Tuan was not there, demanded to see claimed na expected-Reuter.

automatle pistol with three cartridges people say the hent is the worst since crosses, many stars, sixteen georgeous the Premier. Four spokesmen office was covered into a pool of blood..

was captured on the spot. The mob 1893, when it caused "numerous deaths.necklaces of diamond and pearls, fifty- PERING, March 19th,

We have had several days when the ther. 'six brooches, ten tiaras, nine diamond. When the demonstrators arrived at the elected and led into the La!! and just

then began to disperse. Cabinet office, the Premier had just re-us a department chief was about to re-

The report of General Sun Yu Tsen,

Police Officer Weo Yung Sheng's remometer showed 116 and 117 degrees atudded lockets, and twenty-nine paira

Fahrenheit in the shade. ceived a delegation of thirty, headed by ceive them, those outside tried to force

of earrings, including one set of gigantio emeralds of 174 carats each. several prominent members of the right their way in and in the scuffle with the commander of the Bodyguard Brigade of

gate of the Knowuyuan yesterday a large Wing of the Kuomintang. The delegates guards, four men and one girl were the Cabinet Office, is to the following Port says: While on duty at the west said that the Government should refute, wounded. According to some reports, effect:-

At 1.90 p.m. Commander Wa Chinmob surrounded and rushed the premises, A woman fint demanded to be admitted the ultimatum of the Protocol Powers, ns one of them died last night.

The general sentiments expressed by Ching reported that over 2,000 student- this was a very unreasonable action on the part of the Powers The Premier the banners carried in yesterday's and like ruffians, armed with clubs, surround-into the gate when a student-like ruffian said that he would bring the matter upto-day's demonstration as well as resolued the Cabinet, and in reply to the shouted You policeman, like the body for discussion at the next meeting of the tions passed at the meeting of students, Cabinet, masuring the delegates that the are translated as follows: Government will never lag behind the 1A circular telegram should be issued people in upholding the sovereign rights to the people all over the country oppos of China.

Immediately after the departure of the the ultimatum of the eight cousin a position to speak, they said, aut he was surrounded by a mob in trentat

tries.

A circular telegram should be ad. dressed to all the oppressed peoples in the world opposing the eight countries' sending an expedition to China.

delegation, the Leftist demonstrators came and demanded an interview with the Premier, who readily agreed. But while the interview was going on, the crowd

3-The eight Ministers signing the attempted to rush into the building. The Roldiers told them in plain language that ultimátum should be sent out of Peking. this should not be done, but the demonstra 4.The Peking Government should be tors insisted on entoring. Upon this, the urged to send a note to the eight coun- andlers fired into the air as a warning tries solemnly and seriously rebuting the to the crowd that they were not joking ultimatumtocel

5.--The Protocol of 1901 should be pro- and meant business. This was again ignored, and the soldiers were then claimed nall and void.

forced to fire into the crowd with the re6-The demands to be brought forth. salt that seven students were killed in to the eight countries.

guarda, are dogs of the traitors," and enquiries of company Commander Hunng then pulled out his pistol and shot. He, Chia Kuci on duty, loudly abused the bodyguards as alaves of the traitore and however, managed to escape unhurt.

Private Chang-Wei Chen reports that foreign enemy, to whom they were not

the Kuowuyuan and insulted. A man in insisted on Taan Chi Jui and Chia Teh foreign costume pulled a pistol and fired

They Yao coming out to face them,

on him. He fled but was wounded in the arm seriously. acted in such a lawless manner, that

Detective Chiang Chi Chung reports he findily commander Huang consented to allow four of their representatives to

saw a band of student demonstrators enter, but when they found no one was in the office, they want out and lectured outside the Kaowuyan yesterday carry- to the mob and declaring that the ing three or four kettles of kerosene and their determination to burn the guards to traitors had hidden away and should be several bundles of grass and declaring brought out by a search. The resolutions death. Gunfire was then heard and the were then passed, riz., to drive away the students abandoned their articles and bodyguards who were slaves of the ded traitors and to makse search for docu- Some 230 clubs and rods were left by ments and other evidence to prove the the mob in front of the Euowuyitan,

Kuo Wen.

(Continued on next Column,)

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