The violent explosions at Sihang Warehouse drew attention from all sides. Consequently, the fact that Xie Jinyuan and his men had been detained by the foreigners after their evacuation could not be kept under wraps; the news leaked that very evening.
Furthermore, the fact that Lin Feng and his men had not evacuated alongside Xie Jinyuan, and that only about a hundred men had made it to the Foreign Concession from Sihang Warehouse that night, triggered widespread heated discussion.
University students across the country, particularly those in the capital, were incensed. Filled with righteous indignation, they could not tolerate the foreigners detaining anti-Japanese heroes. They took to the streets in protest, demanding that the Foreign Concession release the detained soldiers immediately.
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