'The Chinese Tea' Guild addressed the authorities, regarding relaxa-ion in the governmental edict in 0 far as it concerned the Centrosojus (England), Ltd, because, as they asserted, this company is reistered in Great Britain, is not a Soviet corporation, and that, sines May 1, they have bought 180,000 chests of tea. Further the docament reads that the company is organized solely for business. reasons. and does not spread Communist doctrines, On Saturday the police placed guards round the pre-fuses, whilst on Sunday all who centered the office were searched. was rumoured that the Centrosojus would be permanently closed. The petitioners did not, therefore, know what to do, as the company owed them more thun $1,000,000 for business transacted during the past month, and further the Centrosojus annually bought more than Tls. 10,000,000 worth of tea in the Yangtze Valley. As the Centrosejus was a purely business concern, the petitioners requested that the police should be withdrawn and that business as usual should be permitted.
'The document was addressed to Dr. C. C. Wa, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, and Chief' Judge Loo. Other Chinese merchants interested in the Vi vostok trade and other commercial agencies are discussing the situation regarding their interests, The Trade Agencies Throughout the day the Municipal police at the request of the Chinese authorities, maintained. foreign, (Chinese and Russian guards at all the suspected hones. The "Nort!
informed yesterday that permission had een given to those concerned {to wind up their business, and that passes had been issued to employees IRecessary to carry out this. Out siders were not allowed admittance:
On the other hand arrangements have been made, whereby foreigners may apply to their respective con: sulates, who in turn will address the Bureau of Foreign \Affairs, who will documents to the police which fare to admit the bearer, Tt wa: stated officially yesterday that sealing orders had been issued.
The police scarghed several of these offices yesterday.
The situation at the Soviet Consulate remains unchanged. Police on guard have been instructed to ferry out a rigorous search of all sons entering or leaving the building. "In the case of women, they are conducted to Hongkew Police Station, where female fwardresses search them. At. first there was some objection to being searched, but the officers were adamant and, once accustomed ithe regulation, those within offered no objection. When Comrade Koslovsky first emerged, he considered himself above search, and) intimated that he would refer they matter (by telephone) to the Commissioner of Police. What happened he did not state, but, when search, 2 came out again, he submitted to
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