893.00/6–1148: Telegram
The Consul General at Peiping (Clubb) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 11—9:33 a. m.]
241. ReContel 237, June 9, student demonstrations. According to Peiping Chronicle this date, university students of 12 universities and colleges of Peiping and Tientsin yesterday began 2-day strike as protest against American support to Japan. Situation Peiping today, yesterday quiet with no demonstrations in evidence. It is understood Peiping students claim 5,000 participated in demonstrations of 9th. This figure is supported by report obtained from official source indicating that the students were unable to combine in one large group as result of police preventive action but that total [Page 292] of students concerned was considerable. Same newspaper reports that 3 students and 2 police officers were injured in the course of a scuffle but all reports agreeing that no serious clash occurred.