Opposition to Marshal Wu Pei-fu, Japan and Great Britain The General Labour Union# has at last broken its silence with 2 statement regarding its stand in Gonnexion "with the fighting in Honan. In a manifesto issued yerterday, they say" that it is time Hupeh people were rescued from the; hands of the militarists and that they should be assisted in their efforts to remove fu" from. their pr They further issue an appeal to Marshal Feng Vu-hsiang to return to public and resume his command. the Kuominchun in. order that he can exterminate Marshal Wa and Chang Tso-lin. They say that itis absolutely necessary" that Marshal Feng should drop the idea of ret ing from public life white there are such traitors as Chang and Feng in the country.
The Union further urges the Nationalist Government. in "Canton to take an active part in the pro-sent campaign and send an expeditionary army to the north to. sup-ort the Kuominehin and. tha Marshal Sun Chuan-fang should in the Kuomichun and the Na-lienalist government in annihilating Wa and Chang.
The Japanese "imperialist" ins fluence, they further say, is adi timer menace to China and Japan's designs on Manchuria ate not to be overlooked. They demand that these must be fought, Britain is next the target of the Union's attack, British "high-handedness," through the shackles, which all sentenced to more than five years are compelled to wear, Of those in hospital it is exe peated that six or eight are critically wounded that they cannot recover. Of those in the cells four committed suicide, fearful of the conecquences. All'. prisoners, who took part in the outbreak, will appear before the French Mixed Court again to stand trial for thi their most recent offence, This number will includs 21, who neither were shot nor committed suicide, as well as all who recover from their wounds. they allege, against the Nationalist Government in Canton as well as her attempts to suppress patriotis, movements is alarming and, if it is, not opposed, the Union does not know what will become of the country, In conclusion, they demand: that the National Gitizens' Convention should be held immediately,
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