In the course of a statement to members of the press at Lunghua on Saturday, Gen. Pei Chung-hsi, he: Jocal Martial Law Commissioner, said that the recent measures} adopted by: the authorities to suppress the General Labour Union, t Gfarm: the "Supervisory Corps, and to attach the Central Political) Bureau, were aimed at terminating, the Bolshevik menace in China as it was learned from excellent authority that the bodies mentioned were simply Communist agencies, Gen. Pet said that he wished to emphasize three points with regard to the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Inthe first place, he said, the Com-ainuuists were admitted to the Kuomintang on the explicit understanding that they would obey the gulations of the party and abide by the Three Principl of the People Inid down by the late President Sun Yat-sen. Secondly, he said, the Communists' nim "wes similar to that of the Kuomintang and, thivelly, the Nationalist military authorities here were not, in any! respect, opposed to ti alist, Government or the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang in Dut they would attack counter:
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'The local branch of the Kuomintang has issued a proclamation forbidding. the people to use the names' "f tabour unions to attain their own selfish ends, All movements relating to the improvement of Chinese rural life and labour confislonn they say, must be guided ie" Kuomintang and ig and not by i Soldiers of Gen. Chow Feng-chi raided one of the General Labour Union's hostels near the railway station on Friday afternoon andy Vefare sealing the place, seized 32
The Seamen's Union was raided in Boulevard des Deux Republiques on Saturday morning and suppress:
The authorities seized a num Ver of books and ton enses of Anmmvatory literature, said to er more than 10,000,000 These, they Were informed, revolver and 300 rounds of ammunition, as well as thousands of orders calling for another general strike, were also discovered and confiscate No arrests were made, Other places suppressed were the 15 Railway Employees' Labour Union in Hengtung Road, Chapei, Saturday afternoon, and the' Rug! Makers' Labour Union, in Nantao At the latter place a meeting being held when the troops arrived] and this was immediately broken up and the place was sealed.
With a view to terminating the} Communist menace in China and to educating Chinese Jabourers, the Political Bureau of the Nationalist Army at Lunghua has established a committee known as the Committee fo the Reorganization of the Shang-! hai Labour Unions. Thin committee has been entrusted with the work of the General Labour Union, which was suppressed last week and which has dene more harm than good to the, community. The committee will bel granted power to direct and educate the Chinese labourers so that they aay be good citizens and true servants of the Republic; to settle] guavrels among the labourers; to make plans for the improvement of] Jabourers' living conditions; and to suppress riots instigated by _unscrupulous characters, Communist) agents mittee, the authorit pegee and order ence more prevail in the near future.
Gen, Chiang structed the Cummicsioner of Shanghai and Woostsi Police, Gen, Wal Chrang-hein, to suppress all mass meetings and parades and a meeting which" was to have been held at West Gate on Friday under the! auspices of the General Labour Union was quickly dispersed Ly, soldiers and pol
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