The Archive · 1925

FORMAL DEMANDS

The officer who gave the order to fire, and the police who fired and shot and killed the labour-and students, must be handed over to the Chinese Govern. out at once for detention, trial and punishment 2 Suitable indemnity. must_be paid by the Council to the familles of the dead, the wounded, the labourers who hat stil gone on strike, and the schools and other places seized and valed by the subordinates and ftervants of the Council Formal apologies shall be tendered to the Chinese Government, the local officials, and hose who have suffered 4. The Secretary of the Council, Mr, E. S, Benbow Rowe, must bbe dismissed. and. replaced 'B. Chines the Settlement shall have solute freedom of speech Better treatment shall be fferded to the labouring. classes, who shall have liberty to form unions and declare strikes, and who shall not be dismissed result of the present strike, and further, rules for the protection of Tabourers to be drawn up jointly by the Counci and" the Chinest Advisory Board, shall be. observed by foreign and Chinese mill. owe ners alk Chinese Commissioner of Police must be "appointed. and all of his subordinates: must be Chinese 8. The proposed by-laws for the registration of the Press. and Stock Exchanges and the crease of wharfage dus, shall be cancelled forthwith 9. The Council shall stop building ronds "into. Chinese territory and the Council must not present any demands for the. return "of the existing roads, which shall be returned to the Chinese Government forthwith 10, The Mixed Court shall be returned to. China forthwith; cases in which Chinese are the only parties concerned, only Chinese magistrate. shall and the assessors shall not empowered to ait or watch the proceedings, and in caaes where foreigners Chinese the As sessers shall be permitted sit, but they shall not Powered to interfere judgments; Chinese criminals indicted according Criminal Code or 1 By-laves, but not Il the affairs of the Court shall be administered entirely by Chinese, including the work of the Registrar and tht Prosecuting solicitor, and all officials of the Court must appointed to their places only by the Chinese Government: 11, Chi li be legible. for election to the Shanghai Munic cipal Council, and foreigners whose names Chinese land registered shall not be permit ted to stand for election 32, Extraterritoriality - must{ be.

18, British and- Japanese: gunisciced fortnwish and boats niiist be withdraws fiom Shanghai permanently.

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

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