The Archive · 1925

Strict Pledges Demanded

from Members In the ease of members breaking their pledges and' secretly. buying, uring or selling British jeoods, they. wills apart from being ined," have their names and addressee published the newspapers marder. that Feople Will know that they "are traitors, "This will be done by the Further details are to hand cor= cerning the so-called Preparatory. Union for the Boycott of British Goods. A meeting was held on Saturday afternoon when a contution was adopted, and according this, the aim of the Union is to work hard for a boycott. British goods, however, which had accumulated prior to May 30 and other articles which could be use and benefit to the Chinese peo ple and which no other country Produced would be exempt frum the boycott.

Article 11 demands that members of the Union shall take an oath before the Chinese national flag and swear never again to buy oF British goods. They must alco sign pledges, which wil be kept by the Union, to urge the people not to buy or use British goons and the merchants to refrain from dealing in them.

The Union, according to Article HIT past be formed of the different cordance with the wah! of the local public organizations, in cc-

"We will dissolve our the text of the concluding attic "when Britain comes to her senses and cancels all unequal. treat The headquarters of the Union are in Boulevard dos Deux Republiques who has refused to hand over the seals of office. Mr. Kung took up the position yesterday, 'MeMBERs of the Shanghai Students' Union and other organizations at the Great Eastern Hotel of: Tues-@ay gave a tiffin in honour of the Russian aviators. who arrived here a few days ago. Fo: were not admitted. The guests included Shmidt, leader of the expedition, Naidenoff and Petroft, pilots, Orloff and Mal jes, Rosenelat and Mihel two cinema operators, Polyhkoff and Kotovich, as well as representatives in. There will be branches people, and the headquarters will be] of the "Soviet Consulate-Generad in Whangpoo Road.

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