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Wo camo up from Hongkong by the s.. "Lungshan" on Aftor the 30th December, 1925, and arrived at 2.05 p.m. whitin, for some considerable timo roprosentatives of th four Chambors of Commerce and of Mr. Fu Fing Shoun, and Mr. C.C.u mot us and took us ahorc in three motor boats.
After goin, to our rooms at the Hotol Asia, Wo
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t call on Mr. Fu Ping Shoung whom wo mot nd at the time wo mot Mr. Lok King Fo. From thoro wo wont to call at the Goncral Chombor of Commerce whore wo mot thoir ropresentatives. After proliminary grootings, the Chairun intimatod that as morchants of Canton and Hongkong
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in the samo boat regarding the present crisis we could talk freely and privately so that they might know our
us the fact that wo viovs; and after ascertaining from represented only the Chinese Community, and not the Europoon Community, nor the Hongkong Government, they thought the settlemont would be difficult in view of th. nature of the domands on which the strikers insisted, which not only relate to the Chinoso but also the Europ and the Hongkong Govornment. They said they realisod that important questions such as those concerning shome. nd Shanghai hd boon reserved to be dealt with by Pekin But other demands related to Non Chinoso. They instanced
pay the domands concerning reinstatement and striko
and stated that to their knowledge those voro dominds of which the strikers absolutely insisted. I oxpressed th: viow that the question of roinst toment was impossibl: gwo as reasons some of the grounds which had boon discussed among our dologation and the two Members of Council before we went up and stated that our object wa to discuss the mattor with the strikers and sco how for tne mattor could be settled by other mons.
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