In connexion with the shipment of munitions by Peking for the Kuangsi army which was held up here some time ago and ordered to be placed in the Customs godowns by General Ho Feng-ling, Military Governor of Shanghai and Sungkiang, the agitation among the Cantonese elements in Shanghai has not diminished during the week-end.
The Canton Chamber of Commerce has sent a telegram to Genera] Ho approving of the step he has taken and promising him their support. They urge the General to maintain a strong front and not to allow himself to be led by Peking. It is expected that similar telegrams from Cantonese in various other parts of the country will be forthcoming during the next few days.
Numerous Cantonese residents in Shanghai have approached their representative bodies, the Canton Guild, the Cantonese Merchants' Association and the Chaochow Guild, asking them to continue the agitation until definite assurance is given that the munitions will not be removed. Some of them have even gone as far as to say that if the arms are removed against the wishes of the local Cantonese and the Kuangtung people, they will subscribe among themselves at least a million dollars which they will send down to Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his party to laid in the campaign against Kuangsi ard Peking. - Others threaten that if any attempt is made to remove the shipment, they will go and sleep at the Cus toms godown and will not be driven away. "Peking will have to.sheot us to the ground before we leave," they state.
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