I say it's a conspiracyand yet they jailed a man for it!

"Committed to jail a negro, says his name is Cuffee, he is lame in one knee, occasioned by a shot.

No respecters of persons, they harried the rich and taunted the powerful, and would have as soon jailed a bishop or a judge as a pickpocket if he deserved it.

When the police attacked the students and jailed some, more demonstrations and student strikes and finally a general boycott of Japanese imports were the consequence.