The history of the activities of the Seamen's Union in the early days of the strike both in Hongkong and Canton would seem to indicate that it was the union which made the original demands and not the men. In the first place the first demands came from the union to the shipowners at a time when the closest inquiry among the men proved that a very small percentage of them were aware of the existence of the union. When. Kuomintang influence was re-established in Kuangtung province two years ago, a feature of social life upon which Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his associates smiled was labour organization. This was artificially fostered inas: Touch as the labour leaders were found first, not evolved through labour organization while unions were first founded and the workmen er reproduction prohibited without permission.
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