CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 125

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nd the Tobacco Factory working.

No one will accept the

bank-notus, cheques and units of the Hong Long inghi

Bank and the Chartered Bank of India, to those punks have

closed business. The Manager of Meyer & Co., & German, D

st.bbud oy someone in the British Concession na received

over 30 knif、 younde. Tik. Gure Consul--Coner: 1 mac pro-

tust to the Foreign Ministry, hu thu latter promised to

have a finite enquiries and

and and to take steps to deal with

the matter. After this all Goma vien they left their

houses, wore on their sleeves ? väite cloth with the word

"German" on it, and the Alric. ne copica them. Iirms of

various nationaliticu navo Lido pit o notices over their

door to show the country of their origin. This hows the

state of p-nic mong the foreignore.

Dispute arising in consequence of the procession.

When normal conditions mu pocil ruptored in the

Concussion on the 5th. ut 2 p. the organisations of ull

class held a grout unti-British demonstration in the Tsai

sh.ng 3rd. Rond. On that day all factories were closed,

nd

On the opening of the Confor

the resolutions passed on the

ell firms suspended business.

speeches were iiret mode, an

previous day at the incutin 01 the Representative were theil

submitted for approval before the procession was started.

Government had instructed the various associations not to

allow any procession to go through the Concession, and their

Representatives had agreed to this, and therefor at first

it was accided that no procession should pass the Concession

that day. But as the postmen who worked in the Concession

were obligea to go in, a suction of the procession aid in

the end pass through it. At the silk tim a serious fight

took place in front of the British Police Hedquarters, the

cause being as follows:

Some of the Chinese constables in the British Con-

cucion

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