HOW CHINESE STUDENTS GOT THEIR DEMANDS

Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1947, Page 5

HOW CHINESE STUDENTS GOT THEIR DEMANDS

Received VVednesday, 9.55 p.m. SHANGHAJ, May 14. iMore than 2009 Chinese college studenls eoiumaudeered and tnanned a 45car freight train on vvhich they set out last Moiulay for Nanking to deinand larger appropriations for their school and the retention of a number of eourses in the curriculum. Chinese |- troops, to halt the train, had to tear up two sections of ihe Hhanghai-Nanking railway. The students repaired tlm tirsi seetion and moved the train nearly to ('hengju, 12 miles l'roni Shanghai, where lliey were finally stopped. The Education Minister, Mr. Chu Chiahu, agreed to grant. most of their demands. The college authorities threatened theni with mass expulsion unless they ret urned. The students refused to budge and remained aboard the traiu all yesteidav. JMr. Chu visit ed the train early tliis niorning and ad dresseil the students under tloodlights. Ile reiteratcd liis acceptance of theii demands but the students eountered with a continuous blast on the locomotive whistle, drowning out his voice as it came through the publie address svstein. Chu and the IMayor of Shanghai, Mr. Iv. 0. Wu, later sueceeded in working out an agreement with the students who then reieased the train and returned to Shanghai. Meanwbile all tratlic on the Shanghai-Nanking railway was ■ ■ lisrupted.