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 67

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they are more than deserving punishment for their crime

They long eagerly day and night for a settlement marely

because the continuation of the #trike har ez-sed much

injury to their business. The worxzien have been in need

not

of food, but they have, aided them with any contributions.

The Imperialiste ve comptantly sohamed to opress u#,

but we have never heard that they over joinud with tua

workmen to offer ny resistance. h the contrary, they

are proposing pesos nugo la'ion evay day. bet ww nok

them if they are worth of sponking about peace negotiation.

If you confess that you are obedient subjcata anu taze

dogs of the Engilol, you would be the objects of our

attack. if you still recognise that you are Chine...,

what face have you in coming to negotiate auce on behalf

of the murderera who have killed our brother? You are

thinking that you are very proud of being a third party

that has come for a acu nugotiation, but in reality

you are uncivilized illegitimates.

Yesterday there dwuse the reb lw from lion,kon, who

had helped the English in their murder of our fellow-

countryun2 » ANNOUNCEMEnt has already been made by the

people of our où ntry that these 8 rebels thould be killed.

They now actually call themselv a responsible representatives

for the Chinese mrchants, and have come to Canton. Formerly

they always said that no living man should come noir Canton,

and that our government were constituted of Comunista und

pirutes. They now ro...lize that longkong will very soon

have to surrender to us, and the rotore they have come under

the title of respɑnsible representatives for Chine ue

merchants. Now let us mak the 8 rebels that since they

call themselves responsible representatives for Chinese

merci ntu, what the real nature of their responsibility is.

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