The Students' Union at Foochow declared a boycott against U. S. herring.
Two U. S. firms continued to sell herring, whereupon the students wrecked a business street, stabbed five Chinese tradesmen, destroyed herring stocks.
The local U. S. Consul and the U. S. Legation at Peking filed protests with the Civil Governor. Apologies were in order.
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