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steamers between Canton and Wuchow on condition of a

percentage payment to Union funds, and they took further steps to augment those funds by a surcharge of 30% upon the rates and fares of the provincial railways, including the Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.

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There was abundant evidence that the

stevedores and other sympathetic strikers had no separate grievance but that they were coming out under pressure and

intimidation from Canton. It was known that the Seamen's

Union was attempting to call out all labour in the Colony, employing methods of intimidation, and accordingly on the lat February the Union was declared to be an unlawful

society, and its premises were closed. On the 8th February similar action was taken against the Stevedores, Cargo Carriers, and Tallymen's Unions, on the ground that they were picketting the whole sea front and were intimidating

others from working. On the same date the export of coal,

rice, and flour from the Colony was prohibited except under

permit, and the export of silver bullion, already under

perit, was subjected to special scrutiny, the ostensible

reason being that it was necessary to conserve stocks. It

was known that Canton was already running short of supplies

of all kinds, and, as regards silver bullion, the Hongkong

Government became aware that the Canton Authorities were

relying for a very substantial part of their revenues upon

the profit made from the carriage of ten cent pieces from

bar silver imported in immense quantities from Hongkong.

15. The position as between the shipowers and

the seamen was one of stalemate. There was evidence that

the seamen were most anxious for a settlement, and their

delegates, who came to Hongkong on two occasions, appeared

to be willing to discuss the matter on reasonable lines,

but the Kwok Man Tong interposed its authority and put its

absolute ban on any conference which had not as its condi-

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