CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 448

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any time and obtain full wager on their return. I was also desirous of securing unanimity as far as non-

sible, in order to obviate the subsequent boycotting

of individuals by the agitatora. I therefore suggested privately to the heads of most of the British firms that they should pay half wigen for the period of the strike,

a suggestion which they adopted. Two or three head officets, including those of Messrs. Butterfield and 3wire and bf the Hongkong and “hanghai Bank, had ins- tructed their agents to pay full wages for the whole period, but on representations being made to them they allowed their agents to fall into line with the reat.

The French and the Japanese Consuls also agreed to this arrangement, which they subsequently informed me had been carried out by most of their nationals. Many of

the other residente followed mult, although some paid

75 per cent of wares for the strike period, and a few,

I believe, full wages. Come on the other hand paid no wages at all. There were very few complaints how- ever, most of the employees being only too glad to escape from the thrall of the agitators and to be allow-

ed to return on any terms. A certain number were not taken back, chiefly such as had been given notice before the strike; a very few also for having deliberately disordered their employers' quartern before leaving

Shame it.

I enclose herewith copies of two letters re-

ceived by rost from the Consulate linguists during the

strike (enclosures 1 and 8), which makes it perfectly

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