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Inclosure No. 2 to China Letta
of 4th Septe der,
No. 1025/2301,
138
1925.
The Rear Admiral and S.K.0., Yangtse River.
H.M.S."Boo" at Shanghai.
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31st August, 1925.
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Subject
No.
0350/279.
The Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Situation at Tangtse Ports, Shanghai and Wingpo.
The following report is submitted in continuation of mỳ No. 0350/248 of 14th August, 1925.
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The situation at Shanghai continues to be quiet and the strikes are less persistent. The Japanese have come to an agreement with the Chinese as regards the settlement of the anti- Japanese strike, this effects shipping and mills particularly. The majority of mills are Japanese and Chinese owed. The
Municipal Council has expressed its readiness to restore bulk
#lectrical power to all mills, provided the 3000 electrical workers return and it is expected they will do so shortly. Municipal Council had withheld power from the Chinese mills
ostensibly because of the lack of employees but really as a
retaliatory measure against the Chinese.
The
3. The anti-British strike still continues, but in a
lesser degree, for the wharf situation, with the possible
exception of Holt's Wharf may now be considered to be normal.
British Shipping Pirms are maintaining a partial coastal and river
service with some Russian and a few Chinese crews. British trade
with South China still remains almost at a standstill.
4. Efforts have been made, and are still being made,
settle the anti-British strikes on the lines of the Japanese
settlement. The factor which at present prevents any settlement is the absence of a final decision regarding the Nanking Ipad shooting incident on 30th May for which the Chinese blame the British entirely. However, it is possible that the lack of strike funds may compel affected workers to go back even before that
incident is settled.
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