Five More Red Towns Said to Have Been Retaken Hongkong, Sept. 26.
It is reported in Chinese circles that General Chen Chiung-ming's troops, up to the 23rd instant, recovered Chaoyang, Shiehyang, Hailai, and Funing and that their ing also has captured Ts The steamship service between Swatow and other places has now been restored since the occupation Swatow by General Chen's troops.
More Successes for Chen Troops, Sept. 30.
Advices from Canton state that} General Chen Chiung-ming's troops stationed in the district of the East River, advancing from Haifong and Lufong, have already captured Pingshan and made the region between Huichow and Pingshan their first line of battle and that troops under the command Hsiung and Cheng Jun-chi rendered to General Chen's troops.
It is further reported that General Yang Kun-ju, who is entrenched by the impregnable pass of Huichow, has effected his connexion with General Chen's forces, and that General Chen will shortly' proceed to the front to take command of his troops as Commander-in-Chief.
(1) Absolute freedom to be given to Chinese residing in Hongkong to hold meetings, organize sociations, publish speech" relieve strikers, stage patriotic movements and demonstrative processions Treatment to be accorded Chinese shall be the same legally as that accorded to foreigners, and acts for the expulsion of Chinese as well as lynching (sic) shall be abolished for with, Rights to be accorded Chiness to elect and to be elected (7 to the Legislative Council), Eight-hour-labour system, wage-system, and right of labour contract to be established, oon tract system abolished, conditions for factory-gi child-workers to be labour insurance to be com: pulsorily enforced, and repre sentatives of Chinese work. be ade in the promulgation of the foregoing Inbour systems.
All strikers to be permitted to return to their former works and no strikers to be refused or discharged. No political or economic pressure to be brought in future upon those workmen who have resumed work.
Wages of strikers during the strike to be paid in full.
Chinese who were arrested and taken into custody during the strike to be released without delay, and those who have been expelled to be permitted to return, Household furniture, which was confiscated and sold during the strike on account of non Payment of house-rents during the strike to be exempted, and houses vacated during' the strike to be let to their former tenants, In the meantime, General Chiang] Chieh-shih has succeeded in expelling General Hsu Chung-chi and in driving all his opponents out of Canton, acting in ce-operation with Generals Chu Pei-teh and Tan Yen-kai.
General Chiang has started acti ties with a view to recovering Hui-chow by despatching cadet troops there. It is thus expected that hostilities will shortly be opened uotween General Chen's troops and the forces under the command of General Chiang Chieh-shih, the actual leader of the Canton Government-"Eastern News Agency.
The new ordinance concerning house-rents issued on July 1 to be abrogated and house-rent reduced by 25 per cent.
(10) A compensation committee to bbe organized of representatives of all nationals in Hongkong la order to compensate the loas sustained by Chinese during the strike.
(11) Equal treatment to be accord. ed Chinese employees of all shipping companies. Right tobe given to Chinese to become captains or engineers of passenger-boats.—Enstern News Agency.
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