The Archive · 1926

Charge of Insincerity

'According to that pa Mr. Sun! fis alleged to have said that the British were not sincere in bringing about a settlement of the boy-ott and that the' proposal by the British delegation at the Jast conference (such as the offer of an industrial loan of $10,000,000 to develop Whampoa on condition that, loopline was constructed Jinking up the Hankow-Canton Railway and the Canton-Kowloon Railway, new line to be under the supervise of a British chief engineer and British chief accountant) was a. mere tish Imperialists," he do not send any delegation again to negotiate with us with sincerity, we can only hold out, to the end. The final victory will be, ours. Since the objects of the Strike are so momentous, we must, support it to the end with unification. Victory in the Strike means Successful emancipation for the Chinese race. This responsibility must be shouldered by our Rievo-

This speech of the Mayor's was. prompted by the declaration of Sir; Cecil Clementi that the pickets are pirates and bandits. As a repercussion to that charge, Mr. Sun, How shall we reply to him? We can reply to the Hongkong Im-

Perialists thus:—'You are robbers, You are pirates, If you are not, how could you have got Hong: kong?""

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