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Je explained that the only objcct of our mission was to cffect a settlement thoroby mitigating the already hoovy losses of the Chinoso merchants in Hongkong. Wo boggod of him to assist us by suggesting some schomo which
ould be an alternativo to the strikers in licu of reinstatement etc. Ho said that he had never thought of the mattor and asked us what we proposed to do. No outlined our suggestions and ho then enquired the
mount. Wo said wo had no dofinitc sum in viow but that the Chinoso in Hongkong felt that in those hard timos it would bc vory difficult to raise a sum like throo lakhs. Hir. Wu loughed and thought it would be futile to expect tho strikers to give up the demands for mero "
(lucky money). He said our
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suggestion would soom to bring the settlement, not noarur, but further apart, since it was never even suggested th an arbitrary sum, having no relation to strike-pay or reinstatcmont, should take the place of both. Je word not even working the problem on the Hongkon, suggestion of separating the torms into two classes and concentrating ourselves on the economic oncs. I said wo wore up thero to discuss the amount with tho strikers and wore morely oxprossing our doubt of our ability to find the sum i it wore based on strict measures of compensation.
Wo then prosscd him as to his vicus as to the mouno. Ho said he had spoken to the strikers who wore going
tho
into/figures. He apprehended, though ho did not know, that the strikers would procood more or loss as
follows:-
They would calculate the number of mon
on strike; tho amount of striko pay was cosy as a mattor of arithmetic. Tho difficulty was to find a sum which Tould compons to them for non reinstatomont. Ho had
hoard
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