SCENE AT VANCOUVER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 276, 20 November 1937, Page 9

SCENE AT VANCOUVER

ANTI-JAPANESE DISPLAY

MANY ARRESTS MADE POLICE CLEAR THE DOCKS (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) VANCOUVER, Nov. 18. The police arrested 28 persons in an anti-Japanese demonstration on the arrival of the Empress of Canada from the Orient. Marching from th’ peace poster display under the auspices of the Canadian League of Peace and Democracy, 200 people, mostly youths, bearing placards denouncing Japan, invaded the docks, brushing aside the steamship police. The leaders declared that the liner was bringing Japanese Christmas goods, and urged the crowd to prevent the unloading. Following a refusal to depart, 50 Vancouver police cleared the docks with a baton charge amidst a barrage of stones and sticks. Those arrested included four women. The leaders indicated that the demonstration was aimed to lead the dock workers to refuse to unload Japanese cargo. The dockmen ignored the overtures. The police attribute the demonstration to radicals. The Canadian Pacific Company is planning to double the dock guards. SILK STOCKINGS GIRL STUDENTS’ BAN JAPANESE IMPORTATIONS Received Nov. 19, 11.10 p.m. SEATTLE, Nov. 19. Girl students at Washington University voted that they would not wear silk stockings until Japan removes her troops from China. The action followed a resolution by the American Student Union condemning silk imports from Japan and an ultimatum that members should shun girls wearing silk stockings.