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No. 690 (7314/24)
Sir,
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BRITISH LEGATION, PRVING.
December 2nd,,1924.
boy to int on.
I have the honour to report as follows
upon the strike of the entire body of Q∙inesO
employed on ameen, Canton, which took place
in the summer of this year and lasted from July
18th till August 19th,
As will be seen from a netusel of the
Tic & Police
tions.
enclosures
"0.136
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on No.146 of
on No. 169 of. 1 Oct. 1924.
which are, I may point out, appended
chiefly for reference the strike was osten-
sibly a protest against certain new regulations
(cony enclosed) passed at a "atepayers' "esting
on June 30th which, among other provisions, re-
quired iness entering thawean at night to
carry a pass bearing a photograph, That, however,
was demonstrably a mere idle pretext, for (a)
the regulations complained of inflicted no con-
crete hardship on the employees, being if any-
The Right Honourable Austen amberlain, P.G.,
etc..
etc..
etc.
FOREIGN
ICE.
Aring