View of Visitor That General Strike is not Desired by Chinese FRIDAY.
So much rumour has enveloped the situation in Hankow with its threat of a general strike during the past few days that any information tending to clarify the position welcome. In the circumstances we have secured from a local resident who has just made a visit to that port his views regarding the outlook there, and while they do not take us past last Monday, they are nevertheless of importance in forming an opinion as to the general state of affairs.
Tt may be remembered that on Monday last British bluejackets wore landed in the British Concession, and for this there was one outstanding reason. Labour processions had marched through the Concession on the Sunday, and it was obvious that these could do nothing but harm to the general situation. With the landing of the bluejackets entrance to the Conjeession was forbidden, and alfehough there was protest_on the part of those forming the processions on Monday and a very considerable "disposition to wrangle about the matter, the Bro-cessions had to: yield to the refusal of the guards at the entrances to thie) Concession to permit: their. passage!
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