CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 404

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The ostensible cause of the strike was a dispute regarding the question of the wages of Chinese seamen, but there is ample evidence to show that the origin of the matter lay elsewhere.

2. In November, 1920, Dr. Sun Yat-sen established himself as head of the Goverment in Canton, and in May, 1921, he took to himself the title of President of the Republic of China. Realising the latent possibilities in the exploitation of labour after the European example Dr. Sun Yat-sen had set himself from the outset to play the demagogue. He was the founder and he remains the head of the wok Kan Tong or People's Party, an organisation holding and practising most

extreme labour principles, and in Canton he set himself to

consolidate his position upon the support of the labour unions, which he proceeded to foster and encourage.

3.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen had always hated Hongkong. He

had been banished from the Colony in 1900 and again in 1907,

and certain events in connection with the refusal of the

Hongkong Goverment to recognise his assumption of the Presidency added fuel to his animosity. He was not sorry to

find an opportunity of revenge in a grievance of Chinese seamen trading to and from Hongkong on river and coastal

services.

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In January, 1921, there was founded in the

Colony the Chinese Seamen's Union, and in November last this

body sent to the various Shipping Companies a request for an increase of wages for men on coastal and river steamers who signed Hongkong articles. It was asked that there should be a flat increase of 30% or 40% according as wages were above

or below $30 a month. The Companies proceeded to make enquiries, and they alleged that they were unable to find grievances among the men, most of whom appeared to be

unaware of the existence of the Union or denied membership of