'The secretary of the China 'Coast Officers' Guild stated. that the facts of the case were that the company
moved to some other spot, that the wanted vessels referred. to, officers had refused, and.at the same time had asked that they: be allowed to sign off the articles, Permission for this had nat been vee, and appeared that there was a prospec of criminal proceedings being. instituted against the officers. who had been logged for refusing duty, Hence they had decided to. come to Shang Interviewed on the same. matter, Messrs. Butterfield & Swire stated that they knew nothing at all about the "criminal prosecution"" referred to in the telegram to the Guilds. So It that had hap-situation had aris-jen at Tientsin similar in many ways to that which arose in Shanghai soon after the strike started, when three members of the company's floating, staff who refused to move their ships. were informed that refusal was considered by the company as tantamount to resigna~ tion. At Tientsin, is was desired to move the.str. Fengtien to Tongky and to move the Shuntien to another spot propuratory to hor sailing for Shanghai on July 20. The officers} had refused, and had. therefore been asked to leave the ships. They had refused to do this, and had therefore been informed that in that case appropriate steps would be taken against them.
There has hech little change in the general situation, The company states that so far as they are concerned, there is nothing. new, and the Guilds'say that apart from the Tientsin incident everything is as before. Messages have been received from the outports stating that all-the striking officers remain firm.
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