The Archive · 1925

Canton Strike Picket Tyranny

To the Editor of the "NomrH-CeINa Dairy News."

Sm—In the Canton Gazette of yesterday was published an order issued by the Military Council of the Nationalist Government to various ganizations which reads as follows:

"The letter of the Strike Committee stated that they received a report from the Patrol Leader Chan Chuk declaring that a service steamer was seen smuggling provisions to the enemies, and passengers to Hongkong and Macao. The Government was requested to order the different organizations to notify their subordinates not to violate the strike, uch actions when found out strictly dealt with, Tt was decided at the meeting of the Standing Committee to hand over the matter to the Military Coun-for settlement. All military officials sare expected to restrict giro" is purely Spanish,- and its inventor and designer' Sr. La ierva, son of @ prominent Spanish Politician, is Spanish born and trained. "Both the preliminary and the official tests of his machine were made in Madrid, Spain, the latter as early as January 1923, and "La Cierva's auto-giro" is so called by the name of its inventor.

My technical knowledge is too scanty for my attempting to give here a description of that machine and its scientific features. But the interested reader can easily find the necessary written and graphic information by referring to. the well-known French publication "L"

1924 and September 5, 1025. If am not mistaken, in your own news-Paper there was not long ago an article about "La Cierva's Auto-Giro T have no doubt but that your spirit of fairness will give proper hospitality to this reetMication, and with advanced thanks, Tam, etc,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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