Hongkong, Feb. 6.
The "Canton Times," in an editorial article, states that if the strike continues for any length of time, Canton will also be greatly affected. When cities are so closely related as Hongkong and Canton are, it is impossible to have such a situation in one city without seriously affecting the "other. Therefore, it is to the interest of Canton as well as of Hongkong to have the strike settled as speedily as possible.
The general feeling here is that the strike is Hongkong's business; let Hongkong settle it. Governor Chen Chiung-ming, at the invitation of the British Consul, did what was requested of him and now all the thanks he gets for his help is abuse from the foreign press, continues the article. There have been several items in the foreign press written by malicious persons who would like to have the public believe that the Canton Government is in some way instigating the strikers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.