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IGHTSEERS THRONG CHINA TROUBLE-SPOT
HONGKONG, SUNDAY
THE OLD WALLED CITY OF KOWLOON,
STILL STRONGLY GUARDED, TODAY BECAME A SIGHTSEEING SPOT FOR THOUSANDS OF CHINESE.
FOOD HAWKERS MADE MINOR FORTUNES WHERE ONLY RECENTLY THE EVICTION OF CHINESE "SQUATTERS" FROM CONDEMNED HUTS LED TO MITI-
BRITISH RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN CANTON, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND NANKING.
I HONGKONG, ON THE MAINLAND OPPOSITE BRITISH-LEASED KOWLOON, THERE WAS SOKE AGITATION FOR A GENERAL STRIKE TODAY, BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE MAKING MUCH HEADWAY.
THE ONLY DISTURBING FEATURE WAS THE SHARP RISE IN THE PRICE OF FOOD SINCE THE CANTON RIOTING; IF THIS CONTINUED IT WAS FEARED IT WOULD CAUSE UNREST.
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