About this time come of the most obnoxious and mendacious leaflets tthe crisis made their appearance. These denounced the Chinese Genzal Chamber of Commerce for acting contrary to public sentiment. The Chairman, Mr. Vu Ya-ching, various other leading merchants and lcompradcres of foreign firms were denounced in varying degrees of violence, and a definite allegation was made that they had been bought the Municipal Council, the douceur to Mr. Vu Ya-ching being given at Tls. 600,000.
There was another demonstration against foreigners and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon on the Public Recreation Ground at the West Gate—for years a notorious spot for the meetings of agitators and one which has frequently been put out' of bounds; fey have ace an Boy have had to face stent end Labour trouble. Some 1,500 people, were collected. here, mos tot wham! were students while a mere handful meeting scerne dto have as its purpose the idea of denouncing certain of the Chinese authorities, The Commission sent down from Peking were included in this category because of their alleged weakness; treachery was alleged against the General Chamber of Commerce, especially because of their approval to modify the 13 demands; and it) sioner for Foreign Affai Britain was denounced; the vietime Killed at Hankow should be aided; and telegrams to be circulated throught China dealing with these matters. One of these telegrams was to the effect that Peking should be asked to deprive the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of their civil rights, and that their propery. 2 should be confiscated and sold, to be. used for the relief of the strikers, A resolution was further passed that telegrams be sent to all for-ign countries asking for justice.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.