CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 477

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3. The Shanghai shooting incident ocurred on the 30th May, 1925, but there was no thret of a strike in Hongkong until the fighting in Canton between the Yunnanese and the Kuomintang party had nearly ended. This fighting continued from the

day beginning of June to the 12th, on which the Yunnanese were routed; and with the report of that defeat came persistent rumours of an approaching general strike in Hongkong.

4.

While fighting was going on in Canton, Sun Fo, C.C.Wu

and Foo Ping-sheung were in the Colony; and the Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-zon and I were able to arrange for the Hon. Mr. D.ï.

Tratman and Mr. A.G.M.Fletcher to meet them at dinner in my

house one evening. It was made quite clear beforehand that the

meeting was purely private and had no official significance whateverer. The meeting promoted such a friendly feeling on

both sides that the next day Hr. Chow Shou-son and I found

no difficulty in persuading these three Canton officials to on-

deavour to prevent the strike. This action did delay, though

it did not succeed in preventing, the outbreak of the

strike, and I subsequently heard on good authority that Sun Fo,

at least, had exerted his influence as he had promised.

5. The trouble commenced in the various Government and

grant-aided schools in the Colony. The industrial strike began with the abandonment in Macao of the s.s."Sui Tai" by her Chinese crew on the 19th June, and on the same day the crews

of the "Kinahan" and "Fatahan" came out in Hongkong. The men on

other British-owned boats followed in quick succession. The crews of Chinese-owned stemers were, however, not called out until they had brought most of the strikers and their families from Hongkong to Canton. This done, they too went on strike.