was a possibili seamen returning to ships if they' received half pay for the period of the strike, a representative of the "North-China Daily News" yester-@ay questioned a number of seamen Slong the wharves on the subject and later visited the headquarters of the Seamen's Union.
Prattically all who were questioned denied that intimidation was the cause of their not returning to th majority, Lo.
seamen, said that they wore Striking as a patriotic move and that they would not resume work until justice had been meted out to China in the negotiations on the Shanghai, Shameen, Hankow and Nanking incidents. It was a matter which concerned the whole nation, they "said: the seamen consi ed themselves to be the strongest of the different unions and they felt that it devolved upon them to take the lead. They said that they had jedded to leave personal considerations aside and work for the benefit fact, contributed funds to th Chinese General Chamber of Cor merce and the Provisional Relief funds, for distribution among, stu men, They still had sufficient funds on hand to last for some time. Again we were invited to inspect te books to corroborate this.
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