The following advertisement was yesterday inserted in the "Sinwandao" and the "Republican Daily News" by the Shanghai General Labour Union and shows to what extent the agilaters are. prepared to £0 and also the support which They are receiving Srom the Chinese newspapers.
The advertisement is addressed to "Cha Soong-ling and Dah Ah-red and all fellow printers of its "China Press', and it #23}
"The recent strike was caused by foreigners who despised. humanity and insulted our na-|t tional dignity. People. throughout, the whole country are greatly ex-' cited and many of them have! gone on strike. This shows that} our people are very indignant! and are anxious to have negoti tins with foreigners carried forward. A Chinese proverb says. "Each individual is responsible for the prosperity of his country." How then can our fellow workers fail to observe this prover! This association has tried meat to persuade you, but you ha turned a deaf ear to our advice.
You are still ce-operating with' foreigners and refuse to suspend work. This Association is therefore obliged to warn you once more. We hope that you will think the matter over three times. before coring to a decisis Should you remain obstinate, Axsociation will not hold itsd responsible for any attack "r injuries that may befall you, We cannot but think that this advertisement inst escaped the notice of the police and we would venture to commend it most notice for im-
If the strike goes on, in spite of the shops and mercantile houses vening, it Is for one renton onl namely that leaders are making a very good thing out of it and do mean it to stop. They are re-iving large sums from all party of the country for strike pay and Jof this money not maze than 60 per cent at the ovivide ever gets near the labourers. Out of the balance the leaders can easily afard to hire roughs to best up anyone who tries to go (0 work azd till leave a hand sonic profit for themselves, We know of one industry whose. members earn in normal times between $40 and $50 a month, During the strike they have been told report at tke West Gate every five days—and particular pains are taken to see that they ce report—they are thea given one dollar leach, 20 cony: a day big money. There is not the slightest doubt {that these men would sooner be at Iwork, naturally 10, Bet they not allowed to do so, while the strike lenders can line their pockets 20 ltichly by keeping them cat, Only to-day in a parallel column, Iwe show how tke Shanghai Student" Federation is blackmailing the mer= chants for $560,000, and we may be sure that terrorists will be ket active, making the business. poo pay for the privilege of being lowed to reopen their offices, and shops, In suspect of merchants and shopkeepers every effort should be made to induce them to communicate at lonce with the police if anyone tries {ty blackmail them, with a promise: that their names shall not appear connexion with the prosecution, addition, severe Ypenalties should be meted out to any Chinese wa paper printing advertisements that quoted above from the "Sinwanpao."
We are often told that the pro-sent agitation is not anti-foreign.
would be more respectable if it were, What it is in reality is the rordidest, blackmailing: of the whdle community by vile creatures, mouth= ing patriotic lown gain and stealing: the fund tuo. readily went them by trustful compatriots,
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