CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 348

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Kuomintang. The former, amarting, it is said, from

is Majesty's Consul General's representations follow-

ing the Merlin outrage (see despatch to Foreign Office

No.689 of 22nd November, 1924) is believed to have

conceived the idea of calling out the Chinese on Sa-

meen partly from anti-foreign malice pure and simple,

and partly as a first step in the direction of the

extension over the island of Chinese jurisdiction.

The instament a used were the Seamer's and Mechanica'

"nions, and through these organisations, the former of

which was responsible last year for the more serious

strike in Fongkong, it was an easy matter to place the

domestic aervants et cetera on hameen in fear of their

lives, by utilising the chauvinist passions already

effectually fomented by the native press, especially

as the strike scarcely involved the members of these

Inions themselves,all attempts to induce the Seamen

and others to come out in sympathy being met with

refusal.

Mr. C.0. Wu, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,

/appears