Yesterday afternoon a party of [Communists appeared at the Kiangnan Dock and rounded up all the foreigners engaged about the place, They then made a demand on the management that all foreigners on the staff should be dismissed stating] that they had engineers of their own to put in their places.
They even demanded that the American Naval officers _responsible for overseeing the building of the four American river gunboats should be excluded from the yard in future, At the prosont moment. negotiations are proceeding in the offices! Jof the Kiangnan Dock between the Reds and the management for an adjustment of the affair.
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