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closed down the General Labour Union in Hong Kong, and
again on the 28th May they proscribed the Seamen's
Branch Union in Hong Kong. In view of the two incidents
the Association has sent an urgent letter to the Special
Council and the Mass Movement Committee requesting them
to promote an early Demonstration Conference to oppose
the sending of troops by Japan to North China and to
support the Hong Kong General Labour Union and the
Seamen's Union in Hong Kong. The letter reads as follows:-
It appeared in the Press in the past few days
that the Japanese Government, being much excited over
the retreat of the defeated Shangtung troops back to
Tsainen, has resolved to send troops to Shangtung and
North China and has issued the mobilization order.
Ostensibly she claims that this is intended to afford proper protection to her nationals, but in reality she
intends to support the Northern Militarists and to check
the advance of our revolutionary armies. She has
also availed herself of the opportunity to carry out
her policy of exploitation by means of an alliance
with the Northern Militarists. At present our revolu-
tionary armies are advancing step by step to Tsi-nan
and have gained repeated victories. we shall soon be
able to take Peking, but at this critical time, the
Japanese Imperialists have actually desired to ruin
our Northern Expedition. No one who has any feeling
can help being so angry that his hair will stand on end.
At the same time the British Imperialists, after the
massacre at Namshan, (Bias Bay) forcibly closed down the
Hong Kong General Labour Union, and on the 28th May
dissolved our Chinese Seamen's Branch Union in Hong Kong.
They have also opporessed our people in many other ways, all