CO129-498-5 Canton boycott- report on visit to Canton of representatives of the Hong Kong Chinese merchants... 6-1-1926 - 6-1-1926 — Page 53

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and he ropentod that what he thought tho strikers

wentod was someone who could concludo on offcctivo

ggroomont. Ho added that th strikers had not yet grood

to separate the discussion of the torms into two classes;

that he had only intimated that if the economical terms

woro sottled to their satisfaction, he would try to find

somo sutablo means of negotiating the other terms; this

had not boon dono; conscquently ho could not interfero.

I thought tho implication was that thero should have be

some delegato on behalf of Hongkong as a whole who would

suggest to the strikers as to the separation. However, I stated that we if we could groo to the amount payabl

there was no question of our not signing any document

ovidoncing it; nor that it would not be honoured; and h

said he would sond on to the Strikors' Union a copy of

the Consul's lottor na being the bost moons of indicati

our authority.