the forbidden patriotic slogans. The demonstrations spread to other cities; a second and third were held in Peiping and Tientsin with tens of thousands of participants. Petitions poured in on Nanking. Students commandeered trains on the Shanghai-Nanking run and exhorted people along the way to compel the Government to stand firm against Japan. A National Salvation League was organized and over the next months 30 groups and associations for patriotic defense and a “people’s front” or “united front” against Japan were formed.
