Hongkong, Aug. 13.
The British Consul-General _announced at the Canton Club yesterday evening that the strike had been settled and that the servants would be returning to their employers to-day.—Router's Pacific Service.
Shameen, Aug. 13.
The strike has: been officially. settled und the workers will return immediately.
The Shameen Municipal Council will accept the resignations police and grant each a gratuity. They will re-employ such as the Councils may select; the rest will incorporated in the police force of the city of Canton, The above terms relating to the police were not published before the settlement of the strike, but were covered in a gentlemen's agreement between the Canton authorities and the French and British Consuls-General An apparent misconception by the police and the Chinese community in general as to reinstatement, and Jthe continued intimidation "by pickets argue misrepresentation in certain quarters. The councils have taken measures to rectify the misconception and to make the situation clear.
Other terms, liable to withdrawal if the employees do not return on August 14, are as tolley The Councils will encourage the re-instatement of private employees and-also the payment of wages for the period of the strike, namely for four weeks.
'Shameen reverts to the old pass regulations, with certain' amend: ments, including passes with photo-
Sarrived at. Those lating to the IN SETTLEMENT OF }reinstatement of employees a
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