NingpojMen Replace Caatonese on Empire State Yesterday marked the end of the seventh week of the seamen's strike in south China. From inquiries made, the seamen here do not appear to be over anxious to strike.
At 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday 119 Cantonese seamen on board the P. M. 8. Empire State were dismissed and 126 Ningpo men taken on in their place. Members of the River Police were present when the Cantonese seamen left the steamer at the China Merchants' Central Wharf, which they did very quietly and without any sign of trouble. They will be sent to Hongkong by the first available boat at the expense of the company.
Ineuventiay Cutness Working To Prevent Inrzcriox From Soum, On the question of Shanghai's interest in the strike and the possibility of the movement spreading to the north, nothing would be easier than to misjudge the situation. It may be said, however, on the basis of careful' inquiries in well informed quarters on Thursday, that up to the present no signs of active participation in the movement have appeared. On the contrary, indications all point to a neutral attitude. It was significant that the removal of the Cantonese crew from the Empire State on Wednesday, and the placing of a Ningpo crew on board, was accomplished without any difficulty or show of opposition, such as might easily have been organized had there been any strong local sympathy with the strikers.
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