CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927 — Page 19

Enclosure No. 5.

19

Translation.

(Extract from Yin Tseung Po, Canton. 16th September, 1927).

Time fixed for paying the allowance to the strikers.

For paying the allowance to the Hong Kong strikers,

loans were raised from the Commercial Guilds in various

districts. Now that such loans have been successfully collected it is proposed that the allowance should be paid to the strikers without delay, in the interests of the

livelihood of the workmen. We learn that it has been

resolved by the Political Branch Council in Canton that all

the allowance should be paid on the 10th October, but that

as the Government is in financial stringency, $45 should be

paid in notes of the Central Bank and $45 in Public Bonds,

and that when payment has been made, arrangements should be made to dispose of the workmen and to close down the meal-

halls. The Peasant and Labour Department will be held

responsible for this mission.