Chamber of Commerce and Victim's Property The Chinese General Chamber of [Commerce has sent the following reply to the Shanghai Special Provisional Court in connexion with an Jorder issued by the Shanghai Kuo-Jmintang Political Council for a report on the moveable and immoveable properties of Mr. Fu Sino-en, former chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce:—
The Chinese General Chamber of JCommerce in in receipt of the letter handed to them by the Provisi Court asking for a report on properties of the former chairman, Fa Siao-en, in the International Settlement." The Eh that it ix-quite impos details regarding the matter ax most jof Fu. Siao-en's properties, the JChamber understands. have been: transferred and registered under Jassumed names or in the names of foreign concerns."
It will be reeatled that, following] their occupation of Shaiyh Nationalists, hoping to "borrow eral tens of millions of dollars from Mr. Fu tried to enforce their demand by preferring charges against the farmer chairman of the Chamber Jot Commerce, n:., that he was elect-Jed to the chairmanship of the Cham. fuer by illegal process; that he lent the vessels of the China Merchants'
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Fang; that he lent money. to shale Sun and Chang Chung-chang: peded the progress of the ist Armies; and that he walndministered the affairs of var-
"us commercial concerns of which lhe was managing director. None of the charies were proved and-Me. Fu was not given a chance to syewk in is own defence, a warrant having] issued for' his arrest and lorder having been made by: the poli tical council for the confiscation of all of his properties, which were known to be many, "because he dea answer to the A atrarontat, service 1 number of Korean revolutionaries who lost their ives promoting the Korean independence movement was held at Dr. Fearon's Church in Rue Palikao, French Concession, last Friday. at 2 pan, Avovr 3.000 male and female! ployees. of the British-American Tobacco Co's factory in Pootung were locked out Inet Friday. This Gccision resulted from the conduct of about 100 workers in the leaf-eatting department, who on Thursday struck to force the management to reinstate one who was dismissed because his work was unsatisfactory.
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