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Enclo No. 55) A translation of an extract from the Man Kwok
Yat Po, Canton, of the 16th December, containing
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resolutions of the Central Executive Committee of the
Kuomintang on the subject of labour violence.
M.
Baclede. 6 (6) A press report of an address by H. Borodin on
the aims of the Nationalist Government.
Faclo No. 1 (7) A copy of a letter addressed by the Chairman of
the British Chamber of Commerce in Canton to the
Chairman of the China Committee, Hong Kong, dealing
with Russian influence on the Nationalist Government.
Enelo No. 818) A press report of a speech delivered by Mr. Sun
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Fo to a Kuomintang meeting at Hankow.
The repressive measures promulgated by the
Canton Authorities, as set forth in enclosures Nos. 3 and
5, have not been received without protest by the labour
organizations in Canton. The Workers' Representatives
Conference, which claims to represent two hundred labour
unions, is reported to have sent a circular telegram of
protest to all branches of the Kuomintang accusing
General Li Chai-sum and the new Commissioner of Fublic
[Chinese character) Safety (General Chien Ta-chun) of counter-
revolutionary aims, and a definite trial of strength
between the Right and Left wings of the Kuomintang may
be impending. But, whatever the issue of this struggle,
it is now clear that no measures will be taken to curb
the activities of boycott organizations or to protect
British concerns, such as the Hong Kong, Canton & Macao
Steamboat Company, against the tyranny of labour unions.
The manner in which this tyranny is imposed is shem in
the accompanying report by the Captain Superintendent of
Enclo.No.9 Police of his observations on the occasion of his abortive
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visit to Canton for the purpose of discussing joint
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action against the pirates of Bias Bay: (see my telegram
of the 20th December.)
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