CO129-512-2 Political situation in China- and Canton 31-5-1929 - 13-11-1929 — Page 34

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堂堂

'dog'

Enclo. No. 2.

by a number of crude cartoons in which the Koumintang

is represented as a dog urged on by foreigners to

attack the Chinese proletariat. In this case the

artist has emphasized his meaning by prefixing to

the character for TANG (party) the sign for 'dog',

a form of insult commonly employed by Chinese in the

past when inventing id£ograms for the names of

Tartar tribes on their borders.

6. In the course of the last week in July,

a number of Communist leaflets were picked up in the

streets and in the neighbourhood of the Dockyards.

There

I enclose specimens of leaflets in the English language which were found on Murray Parade ground on July 31st. These together with information obtained from other sources indicated that an attempt would be made to carry out some kind of demonstration.

The plans of the agitators were ambitious. was to be a lightning strike for one day. course of the day parties consisting of speakers, pamphlet distributors and 'Red Guards' were to gather at certain specified points, where the 'Red Guards' were to keep the police at bay while the speakers delivered their orations.

In the

7. Special precautions were taken by the police from the 29th of July to the 3rd of August. Visits were made to the premises of a number of

Societies suspected of communal or political activities and in three instances signs of unusual activity were

observed.