CLASH WITH POLICE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20294, 18 December 1935, Page 10

CLASH WITH POLICE

BLOODSHED IN PEKIN United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright PEKIN, December 16. Ten were killed and 15 injured whef. the police, using the flats of their swords, charged 5000 students, demonstrating against Japanese aggression in North China. Later the police fired over the heads of the students. Twenty girls in the front rank faced the volleys without flinching. “DOWN WITH JAPANESE** STRONG PROTESTS VOICED United Press Association—By Eiectrlo Jel***?raDb —Copyright (Received December 17, 11.15 p.m.) j LONDON, December 17. The Peking correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” says that Japanese military reinforcements are expected following the students’ demonstrations which occurred yesterday. During the first meeting of the Hopei-Chakar Political Council, the students demonstrated, yelling, “Down with the Japanese” and carrying banners with anti-Japanese slogans. The students tranversed the city scattering leaflets bearing the inscription, “Traitors hold our country. Rise and overthrow the Japanese imperialists.” They stoned police and firemen who were ordered to disperse them. One girl is reported to have died from a bayonet wound in the peck. These are the biggest anti-Japanese demonstrations by students in the history of Peking. The Japanese have warned the Chinese authorities that if they are unable to keep order, the Japanese must do so.