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days emissaries have been sent from Canton to revive it
obviously with the intention of preparing the ground in Hong Kong for an outbreak of chaos similar to that just
staged at Shanghai by the General Labour Union there
involving inter alia the hiring of gurmen at $20 a murder to assassinate non-strikers. In view of the grave
energency which now exists, I have decided that the
the
resuscitation of general Labour Union in Hong Kong cannot be tolerated and I have accordingly, on the unanimous
advice of my Executive Council at yesterday's meeting, proscribed it under the Emergency Regulations, a copy of
which is enclosed. This action has also the unanimous
approval of the District Watchmen Committee and was indeed
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originally recommended by that Committee; when it met me
at Government House on the 30th March.
5.
The Canton Government is stated to have
declared a settlement of the dispute between merchants
and their employees. A copy of the terms as reported in
Enclo. No. 4 the press is enclosed They are sufficiently startling
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when it is remembered that Canton is temporarily under a "moderate" régime. But it is nevertheless alleged that the Provincial Commissioner of Labour, lir. Ch'an Fu-muk
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noted extremist, has resigned his office as a protest against the leniency shown to the merchants.
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I enclose a precis translation from the Kwok Man San Man, Canton, of the 7th March containing an account of the proceedings of a Conference convened for the purpose of protesting against the despatch of British
troops to China. I would invite your attention to the reiteration of the phrase "propertyless classes" and to
the
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