I went into a restaurant with some friends to order some food. Fai to receive service for about half an hour, we tried to hurry the This' continued for another 15 minutes, but still no service was forthcoming. At last one intelligent member of the party told me that it was the custom of Canton always to say "please" to the boys and call them "brothers or fellow countrymen," not "boy" or "For Kee." This was done and the food was immediately brought out.
Labour Day was not energetically observed but was ordered. It resulted ing between the ricsha coolies of Canton and those of Chaochow and Waichow who make their living in Canton, as wall as between the moderates and the Reds. The riesha coolie trouble continued for a few days, in the course of which a score of coolies were killed and others wounded, whilst numerous nesh were smashed. Members of the opposing clans accused the others of from the Unions so they dressed themselves as ordinary passengers and ordered the coolies of the opposing element to take them th quiet spot where, it is alleged, stepped down from ricshaa_ and ther stabbed or shot. the pullers. High anger prevailed and the tension was severe. taking a walk, one night during the trouble with a couple of friends passed the Canton men's union and heard angry cries and no little noise.
ike every other jouenali over and made inquiries." It appeared that the men were very angry over the fact that one of their number had been stabbed in the way described. They were very restive and a spark wot have caused a tremendous flame. the Bolsheviks," They have brought about the downfall of Hu Han-ming and Wang Ching-wei, bath of whom were notorious for their Communist s, and continue be fight the is, They are well organized and the Cantonese took to these mex to do the right thing. They ace well organized and the time come when they hope to overthrow the Communists al= together. Tie heads of the moderate Unions have been fighting hard against the radicals and at the. National Labour Conference a few weeks' ago, they seceded from the al body because a few Communists tried to secure complete power. The moderates, I might mention, include the skilled labour coolies wanted to fight and they appealed to me. to tell them what they should do. My advice was that, instead of fighting and killing each other, which would land them into trouble, they should take their grievances to the Bureau of Public Peace and Safety which would take the matter up. They took my ad~ vice and I have since learnt that the offender has been arrested and punished.
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