The Archive · 1925

A Heated Meeting

Members of the Citizens' Defence st Japanese Diplomacy'

1 on Mond: near the small West ied by 60 persons. outlined the of Saturday's Monday's fracas. A former man of the National Organization Union recited the success of the Hongkong boycott and advocated]

lar measures against the forners of Shanghai, urging this as the only remedy of a defenceless: people against their oppressors. [Others urged more lectures and di tribution of pamphlets to unify the! thought of the Chinese.

Tt was resolved to telegraph all parts of China to secure an orga ization for the purpose of affording redress against foreigners: also to telegraph Peking to open negotia-ins with the British and Japanese Ministers (purpose not stated); to organize general measures against the British and Japanese; to sever all financial arrangements with the British and Japanese; to boycott! the B.-A. T. products and to refuse to accept foreign banknotes—we wonder how Long they will accept Chinese notes.

The mill situation in Shanghai [shows no great cause for unrest. From all authentic reports at hand it appears that workmen failed to) report for duty at two of the Japanese mills and that a Chinese mill in Yangtszepoo gave all employees a three-day holiday.

Although machine guns and armoured cars maintained an effective guard from points of vantage throughout the day yesterday, assisted, of course by infantry units, they, were gradually taken off duty last night. The American Company, the Inst on guard, left Nanking Road open to the Chinese again, at 10.30,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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