Hongkong, Aug. 21.
The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and three other public edies in Canton have petitioned the Canton Gevernmens for the can-collation of its import ard export permit and at the same time Have addressed a Note to the Strike Committee, stating that, in ease th request fails to be granted, they will enforce the closing of shops throughout the city of Canton in retaliation. Replying to flits Note, the Strike Committee on August 18
ret: veda statement to the following "The fact that permits are to be Ssued without violating the ciple that commodities with the exception of British gous er these Reeds which are to be imputed by British vessels, or by way of Horgkong, are permitted to be imported and that gools which are lying in warehouses belonging to imperialists tore permitted with the condition that they are to be shipped abroad, means the utmost concession on the part of the Strike Committee. In these circumstances, it it absolutely Impossible for the Fermits to. be entirely abrogated, for it is feared that such a-move may. break the Jetrike. movement, thereby nullifying the original object of the strikers to" blockade Hongkong—Eastern News Age
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