Enclosure No.
to China Letter, No. 1025/2301, of 4th September. 1925.
The Rear-Admiral and S.N.0., Yanghee River.
H.M.S."EXE at SHANGHAI.
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14th August, 1925.
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0350/248.
The Commander-in-Chief, China Station, Situation at Shanghai, Yangtse Ports, and Ningpo.
The following report is submitted in continuation of my No. 0350/219 of the 26th July, 1925.
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Shanghai continues to be quiet and the strikes are still operative. There have been various informal conferences between Foreigners and Chinese but matters have abways reached a deadlock and have never been carried to the official stage. It is reported, however, that the Japanese Mill Strike, involving 31 mills has been settled and that their workers will soon return. More work has been carried out on the wharves lately and the shipping situation has show a slight improvement, for though the proper Chinese crews of the Coast and River Shipping remain on strike, yet certain ships have been able to run with Russian or picked Chinese crews. Certain Chinese crews have been obtained from Ningpo, and, on one occasion, I provided a naval guard to protect a Ningpo crew, whilst en route from Shanghai to Wusung to join the
R.I.S. "press of Asia".
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During the fourteen days allowed by the Labour Union, merchandise has been cleared from godome, which are now practically empty. However, on the 10th August, a general strike was again declared and the work largely ceased on that day and on the 11th, but on the 12th August matters showed an improvement and numbers of coolies are back at work on the wharves and are principally concerned with unloading ocean going ships. This renewed activity
I attribute, in some measure, to the fact that Naval Guards are
stationed on the British wharves; the firms concerned are very
grateful for this protection against intimidation. There are signs that numbers of strikers are getting restive with their
unions...
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