Disappearance of Strike Funds: Growing Desire to Come Back to Work: Terror Still Prevails Saturday, July 18, That the Chinese must be feeling he effect of the strike at the pre-
apparent. The almost tot moment has become more than Tnpse of strike funds is gradually undermining the patience of the strikers and rumours were current in Chinese circles yesterday that the: coolies will resume work on Monday. It is thought possible that the] seamen will follow, But here of course, Canton calls the future.
Another point which seems to have made itself clear is that many of the sums so lavishly—_promised from Peking have never been sent at all and the prospect of their ever arriving seems exceedingly remote, Other sums which sounded very fine on paper have hardly reached their pectations. Nanyang Bros, who have been featured as big donators, have on frequent occasions made their subscriptions im kind rather than in hard dollars, so that the dents have had to distribute and go about selling tins of cigarettes for the benefit of the strikers. How] much of the money has ever reached its proper end one wonders when it has been handled as in this case by, ao many different hands.
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