party because the strike
affected Chincso and the striker.
Torc Chincso. But it was not and could not become a
principal. At the invitation of the Hongkong Government
it would act as mediators but the Hongkong Government did
not wish to make that request but moroly expressed the
vio that the Canton Government should so act. I said
since the settlement of the strike would benefit Chincso
most, just is the continuance of the strike would
damage tho Chinoso most, and since our dologation was
Chinese dologation, we would ask him as tho Cinton
Government to act as mediators in our proposcd discussions. Mr. Wu laughed and said that since the strike was not imod
at the Chinoso and since the Canton Government could not
thoroforo bo a party as against the Canton strikers thoro
could be no question of a modictor for the Hongkong
Chinoso.
The whole trend of his conversation scomod to be tha
s the strikers cxpected and rightly expected that the
Hongkong Government should sond up officiel dologatos re-
prosenting the whole community, or at all events that
there would be delegates on behalf of the European Community, they could not vory well be satisfied with a
moro Chinese dologation because thero never as any
quarrol between Chinose and Chinoso. I might also add
that in inswor to Mr. Li Yau Chuen's point as to tho
sufforing of the merchants in both places, Mr. Ju strongly rufuted the suggestion that Canton trado had suffered. Ho
roforrod to the direct shipmont which Canton now onjoys,
vtc. etc. He thought that the question of settlement was
a matter of indifference to the Canton morchants as the
trade and business of the placc is a whole hd increased
nd not diminished as a rosult of the strike, but ho
ddod that the Canton Government cortainly desired a
settlement both from the point of view of the Hongkong