CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 114

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strict order, and work n conjunction with Government."

Tucung Took Panadaressed the meeting

saying, "The tragic events in henkow will bring home to

veryone the real brutality of the lnglish, and the fact

that the Government in doulin, with it has accepted in their

entirety the acmands mad by the various as.ociations, prov

that they re roldy to follow wholeheartedly whither the

revolutionary proletariat laus.

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Finally Li Kwok Hun(), Chatman of the

joint Confurunc. of various asocilt ions, ¿lve A general

account of the resolutione

t th joint Conference.

It was then moved oy Delegate and passed that unless a

satisfactory answer were given by the British Consul-General,

all Chinese in the British Concession should go on strike

together, and that demonstration should be held on the

5th. nd the whole city should subond business for half-

a-day. The mucting dispersed at 9:15 p.m., when the 14

Representatives all proceeded to the Nanyang Building and

hold a joint meeting with the Authorities at which a report

of the meeting at Hut Fa Kek Dhe was made.

Another report states that after the affair, the

British murines still wanted to open fire, nd that had not

the Consul, Goffc, provented them the murderous business

would have continued.

The Revolutionary Army maintain order in the Concoction.

The Foreign Minister Jugend Chen ( Ŕ FIR) had

already made a verbal protest to ti British Consul-General

and asked him to order the withdrawal of the m.rines immediat

ly. The British G-nezat Consul-Guneral answered him that he

had no power to acced to the request, but promised to answer

within 24 hours. The marines did not all withdraw until the

morning of the 4th. Ir. Chun then took the matter up again

with th. British Consul-General for the immediate despatch

of troops to enter and occupy the dritish Concession.

Ther

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