As the result of these interviews, the following offer was conveyed the strikers by Mr. Tam Lai-ting:
(1) That the new pass regulations due to come into force on August 1 should be cancelled, automatically continuing the old pass regulations, but that the Addition of one photograph to the ase "thereby required should be to return in the evening to learn the result of such an inquiry. Colonel Crosse called on Mr. Wu 6.20 pam, when Mr. Wu inform= ted him thatthe dispute centred it~ self on the XII Pass Regulation, which formed the elaboration of Number Nine of the Traffic Regulation, He suid that the strikers ulations, but that he objections to cereal which he gave dotal four minor portions of paragraphs. He considered, however, that the Trafic Regulations were unnecessury-and irksome as a whole. Colonel Crosse said he" thought there would be no difficulty ling. the portions considered undesirable, and Mr. Wu, having studied the Traffic Regulations, considered that this was sufficient.
formed Colonel Crosse that the rs had not yet returned with Strikers Demands, At this moment the return of the announced, and they (2) Minor alterations to the Traffic Regulations suggested by Mr. Wu should be accepted.
(3) Reinstatement of private servants and employees should be encouraged, but could not be foreed.
(4) The case of public employee would be fully investigated, and decided according to the circum stances.
On the morning of the 19th Mr. Tam returned and stated that the addition of the photograph was 8 crucial diffeulty, considered at a joint Council meet ting, and after discussion, it was decided that the suggestion that the pass with photograph for passing the gates after they were closed should be applied to foreigners and Chinese alike, and) should be conveyed to the strikers through the mediators. The mediators having reported that the terms were now acceptable, the Joint Councils decided that the Strike leaders should be invited to attend a meeting in Shameen for settlement of the strike.
Mr. Wu proceeded alone and int viewed them, returning in a short while with a' paper which he trans: ated, and asked Colonel Crosse te take down as being the terms which the strikers demanded.
These were:
(1). Abolition of the 12 Police Permit Regulations. 7 (2) The usual terms of re-instatement, including pay while on strike, (8) The gates to remain open up to 12 midnight.
(4) That house servants should finish work at 9 pam., unless guests were being entertained. meeting was held on Sunday, the 20th, at 11 a.m., when, in addition to the French and British Con-susi General and Councils, Messrs. Tam Lai-ting and My. Ma Chui-chun were present. Three delegates of the strikers attended. -They presented a paper, which, they said, stated their terms, which were as follow:
(1) Final abolition of the new Police Permit Regulations, and all other unequal treatment.
(2) All Chinese employees to be reinstated, and, the -strike not to be used as a pretext to dismiss them.
He asked Colonel Crosse if he would Tike to seo the strikers, as they were there, and Colonel Crosse replied in the' affirmative. The following points were then brought out: the main point of objection in the Pass Regulations was that of (8) Pay to be continued to Chinese employees during the strike, jand not docked, 5 (4) Both gates to be open tintil 11 pam.; after that time employers to be responsible for procuring passage for their employers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.