Workers Arraigned: "Running Dogs" of Imperialists and "National Betrayers"
Like the cuttlefish, which eludes its enemies by emitting clouds of ink, the Shanghai General Labour Union, having got into hot water with the Chinese labouring classes, now hope to escape their vengeance by heaping abuse on the foreigner and endeavouring to make him the veapegoat of their—misdoings.
this end in view, the Labour Union have issued following violent manifesto:—
"Sine the incident of May 30, this Union has become and been the general headquarters of pat-The foreign regard our Union as a in their eye and have attempted to undermine us on more than one occasion. Their first attempt was to spread a rumour in foreign newspapers, accusing this Union of having unlawfully arrested and detained workers and imyesed upon them heavy fines. The coond plan was the campaign by the foreign imperialistic newspapers which advised Gen. Shing Shi-lien to execute the strike ring-Iraders. 'The third scheme was' to employ loafers to disturb the peace the offic of the Chinese Seamen's Union and the Provisional Relief Committee, After the trouble at the Seamen's Union, we Yeceived a report that the "im revialists had bought over a mumber of treacherous and notorious! labourers to form a supervisory, corps of over 60 persons, with the! {intention of upsetting this Unio fand assaulting our officers and killing them. At that time we! thought that, as Gen. Shing had repeatedly issued proclamations and adopted precautionary measures against any emergency and as office of the General Labour Union was near the headquarters of Gen. Shing, the treacherous labourers would not dare to disturb the peace and the good order of the locality. 'Unexpectedly, at 6 pin, on August 22, n large number of treacherous Inbourers, armed with Pistols, kajves, axes and iron-bars rushed into the offices of the Union ind "shouted 'Da'ng' (Strike! Witty loudly and beat everyone they met and destroyed everything! they saw, both furniture and other-se, As a result, eight offers of the Union were injured, of whom five are now in a serious condition. This ig the fourth plea of the foreign imperialists, who have repeatedly plotted to destroy our patriotic institution and whos? ets are malicious indeed, As re-gars the treacherous labourers, they are Chinese citizens, but they are willing to act as the running dogs' of foreigners and as betray-of their own nation. Their acts are much more wicked. The present case reveals the plot of the foreign imperialists to upset the patriotic movements of the people by employing the treacherous labourers as their We hope that all residents in. wil
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