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offices gave way. The ordinary means of transport began to fail and the markets ceased to operate. There was every prospect that the European community would find itself saddled with the task of feeding the entire Chinese popula-

tion.

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There was no disorder of any kind. The streets were strongly picketted with the assistance of the Military, but there was not the slightest attempt at violence. There was one unfortunate incident. A large body of domestic servants started by road with the intention of crossing the frontier on foot, although they knew that without passes

they were not permitted to leave. The Kwok Man Tong had

undertaken to feed and house them in Canton and had ordered

them to go to Canton. There was an encounter with the

Police and Military on the road, in which three of the

strikers were killed and eight were wounded, one mortally.

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While these events were occurring in Hongkong,

the situation in Canton was becoming daily more critical.

The strikers were getting out of hand. Their organisers had

found it necessary for some time past to take forcible

measures to prevent men from returning to Hongkong, and the

men's temper was getting nasty. H. M. Consul-General, who

arrived in Hongkong on the morning of the 2nd March, reported

that, failing an early settlement, there was every prospect

of a mob attack on Shameen. A report was received in Hongkong from a fairly reliable source that Dr. Sun Yat-sen

was in difficulties with his expedition at Kwai Lam and that

he had sent orders to the strikers to settle at all costs.

General Chan Kwing-ming now intervened and

arranged for representatives of the Seamen's Union to come to Hongkong with full powers to make a settlement. After pro-

longed conferences, first with the shipowners and then with

representatives of the Government, a final and complete

agreement was reached on the evening of the 5th March, All

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