The Archive · 1926

Messrs, Butterfield and Swire's

euro-workers walked out this morning. Their godowns are at present strongly picketed, but it is understood that a settlement will probably be arrived at this afternoon on the same terms as Jardine's.

The general situation is tranquil fears of an organized general strike have temporarily abated.—Reuter, eral Yang Sen Fails to Azree with Cantonese Peking, Dee. 1

General Yang Sen, whose ove tures to the Cantontse are now ce sidered either unacceptable or insincere, is reported to have made Known his intention ta evacuate Achang and proceed to Szechuan in the course of the next few dass.

Meanwhile, Chungking telegrams state that Liz Hsiang, another

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