CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 395

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

S'

ajor na'{ dom stit

1 ca ma et Jadi ynida zinc edi

* 1. quid Hand ovet à now alipad nel beYUK DIC

( vetei 180 „porda z jajčniogge yd squda gran

salida lovemy z win grilsen 10? „wadatias, TO

PI

-

bullta a "Freudes a da do, derɔqo ajui JIM

4 Mis sairas Laoney, a snið daun Jait BILB

ni maidotajat png19% und Dis

i.

OR

Dia-}!»& 37p Buell

veta) nd are wilgeng, aldiasoq on zulut a mort.

ران .

I

4

kne but smo oid tesiTDJUR, QUAŃɔ waad ni sumunod

Melaka eind to Jouġde a...

P

T

3.69 Boulīga. Iniducoes to lie qni quina Káð FRISTE

Bech 20 granteɔen Ti paideoinu edt was a peilyil,moit

Carl Jam In my cam aoikalingos aizli Zayita orl seilygus girel Denivong view aspirtas Laidmond, said wo noivatago

OGJ Lo spanjɛimus olivier odě něiv #zastow giahwier

2. atatoa bean saiyou edit bar, sosyal-layan bon padlika

CULT 10 750giza sua banion of grassonou pieludcodi mas

A PO „qiau bizod wo alexcienzan of grimi od srow Kalis

greengan koní gran tevaa oluer si

Jo 1 10 roJJAIT

to guunię orov stadi, çilatima hypots nojalug no pięga nj

edi 03 HÀNG ón da go siarla dud uues el golfilm mark

„Dejan Llum Stew gold noi a od neljablaižni

koitinoc olla nå imam

žud átov að tame tau bib porta

ne sida jaded to

Xiao Jan bežcov «vať håron quid et on að bolleçmos stOW

men då bu jud inisigane tænkt is

and belainetega võlut

393

has been made in telegraphic correspondence) was to probi- bit persons leaving the Colony without a pass, ibis prohi- bition was effected not by a regulation under the hergency Regulations Ordinance but by amending the schedule to the Travellers Restriction Ordinance so as to make the ordin- ance to apply te persons of Chinese race, she had previous- ly bean erupted from restrictions which had been imposed. during the war on all non-Chinese, and which had never been removed though they were no longer strictly enforced.

The reason for this prohibition was that

the organisers of the strike were using every effort to induce er empel all the labour in the Colony to join in a sympathetic strike.

intimidation was widespread and xam she

had no desire whatever to leave their employment were being ompelled, by threats of the consequences to the selves and their families if they remained at work, to sease work and proceed to Canton. If steps had not been

taken to defeat thin policy the Colony would have bean

denuded of the labour necessary for its existence and the

effect would have been very serious. It was well know

that many of the seamen in Canton had long been anxious

to return to Hongkong but were forcibly prevented by the

organisers. ihe same treatment would have been applied

to the other classes of workmen who were being terrorised

into going to Canton and the Colery would thus have been

faced by the choice between having its whole life paralysed

indefinitely or submitting to any comditions that the

Kwok kan long night choose to impose. The measure vas

therefore essential in the interests of the Colony. It was

alse in the interests of the workmen themselves, as it was

well known that supplies were running short in Canton and

they would have been exposed to much privation and hard-

.d

:

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.