No change has taken place ree ding the local labour situation other than the Commercial Press strike, which is reported elsewhere, and the furniture painters' return to work yesterday, Acting in accordance with advice from the Shanghai District Magis trate, the painters notified their fellow workers that "work was to be resumed yesterday pending a settlement of the dispute by the Shanghai District Magistrate, Mr. Chang. The men resumed work without incident but notified their employers that, should the terms of settlement be unsatisfactory, they will walk out again. The circular issued to the painters states that in reply to their appeals to the Shanghai District Magistrate for atsistance, Magistrate Chang says:
"Your petition has been duly noted and sent to the Chamber of Commerce with a request that they should take up this matter. As soon as I have received the decision reached by them I shall decide the euse. You are advised to resume work at once and wait patiently for my judgment."
They replied saying:—"We have decided to act in accordance with your—instrueions and will resume work on December 22. On the other hand) we have requested our former representatives to continue their efforts on our behalf. In ease the master-painters disregard our pitiful state and refuse to release on security our representatives who have been arrested we will be compelled to adopt certain measures to deal with the case, (Signed) All Local Furniture: inters."
'On hearing that Liu Hua had been executed, the Shanghai Students' Union addressed a telegram to Marshal Sun Chuan-fang. demanding an explanation. "Mr, Liu Hus," they say, "was an ace tive member of the execut committee of the General Union of Labour and Commerce, Ho was arrested by the British police and handed over to the local
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