".
Joxplained that the only objcct of our mission was to offect a settlement thoroby mitigating the already heavy losses of the Chinose merchants in Hongkong. Wo b.sgod of him to assist us by suggesting some scheme which
ould be an alternativo to the strikers in licu of ruinstatomont etc. Ho said that he had never thought of the mattor and asked us what we proposed to do. Jo outlined our suggestions and ho then enquired the
mount. Wo said wo had no dofinitc sum in viow but that the Chinose in Hongkong felt that in those hard times it would be very difficult to raise a sum like throo lakhs. Mr. Wu laughed and thought it would be futile to expect the strikers to give up the demands for 2
(lucky monoy). He said
moro
刔是
our
୨
suggestion would soom to bring the settlement, not nearer, but further apart, since it was never oven suggested that an arbitrary sum, having no relation to striko-pay or reinstatement, should take the place of both. Jo wore not even working the problem on the Hongkon, suggestion of separating the torms into two classos and concentrating ourselves on the oconomic oncs. I said wo wore up there to discuss the amount with the strikers and wore moroly cxpressing our doubt of our ability to find the sum i.. it wore bused on strict measures of compensation.
Wo then prosscd him as to his vicus as to the moulo. Ho said he had spoken to the strikers who wore going
the
into/figuros. Hc apprehended, though he did not know, that the strikers would procood moro or loss as
follows:-
They would calculate the number of mon on strike; tho amount of strike pay was cosy as a matter
oi arithmetic. The difficulty was to find a sum which
ould compons to thom for non reinstatement. Ho had
hoard
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