Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-19 | Page 21 | 2 Killed by Chinese Guards

81 ml I GUARDS filers F Fire Ire P on Parade ara d e 0 of f S Student t tIEK I t IEK K G G. G March 19 AP AP- AP two o two persons were dead tor to- to r he result of soldiers firing n parade of 01 2000 young men women students in front of res residence deuce dence of the chief Muan an Chi Jul Jul- he students sought to protest erday against the governments government's pt nce of demands of foreign ens that the blockade of Tien- Tien 1 Ibe b lifted hirv persons were wounded I seriously slY ant and and antsO sO some thirty others others slightly Tha Thea de dean dead c Include twenty twenty- one students among them two girls The soldiers after affer beating the students with th their lr rifles used bayonets baronets and then fired shots for five fhe minutes ARRESTS ORDERED A minor clash after atter the more serious riot took place last night bet between members of the personal guard of the chief executive presumably presumably presumably pre pre- over the question of re responsibility responsibility responsibility re- re for the earlier sh sire shIng sh o ing log national arm army troops were sent to restore order ordel The arrest of a half dozen radIcal radical radical rad rad- ical leaders Including the director of the Sino Russian university a former minister of br education and professor In the national university university sity was ordered by by bythe the government government government govern govern- ment today The order cites the organization of mobs and distribution of literature literature litera litera- ture by a a. committee of communists not only In Peking but in In the tha provinces pro as constituting a a. threat to the peace of the entire country A A further order ordel prohibits ts ma mass s meetings to prevent r recurrence of the trouble STARTED BY PARADE headquarters Issued a a. disclaimer of any responsibility for the trouble declaring the shootIng shooting shooting shoot- shoot Ing was done b by the chief executives executive's executives executive's executives executive's tives tive's guards numbering several thousand men The demonstration started In the form of a a. parade and mass mass' mass mass' meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing yesterday morning at which resolutions were adopted demandIng demandIng demand- demand Ing rejection of the foreign powers' powers ultimatum ejection of the eight foreign envoys en who signed it tt It an apology to the nations involved including the United States abrogation abrogation abro abro- gation gatlon of the he proto protocol ol of 1901 and other treaties and withdrawal of ot foreign The Included representatives representatives representatives rep rep- of the the General Labor union the Kuo- Kuo party and the to Dare Die Dle Corps HEARING REFUSED After the mass meeting th the numbering between 2000 and proceeded t to the chief executives executive's residence and de demanded demanded de- de the reception of a tion When refused according to the police they attempted to force fOIce their way in and several drew re re- re Soldiers began beating them with sticks and rifles and nd some are re reported reported re- re ported to have used their bayonets Finally the soldiers began firing and the fusillade lasted for five minutes When the firing began the students fled led fn in panic Some of the wounded were taken to hospitals hospitals hos hos- but others lay for hours where they had fallen