The Commissioner of Foreign Affairs have been asked by the committee in charge of the celebrs tions for the first anniversary of the start of the anti-northern expedition to lodge a protest. wi the Municipal Council for insulting the Chinese flag.
The letter of the committee to the Commissioner (according to the Chinese press) says that, because of unequal treaties, motor cars which were to have taken part in the procession in Nantuo had ily to pass through the tlement" from Chapel was, therefore, instant, the "British verbal approval was obtained. On the "morning of the day of the ion, the 15th, the "British issued an order that no decorated motor cars were to be allowed to pass through the "Brit Settlement." All of the cars, in the meantime, had been decorated and fitted with lanterns. At the last! moment they were refused permission to pass through the "British Settlement," because the. "Bi Couneit" wished once more to put into practice British imperialism and to show their barbarous hearts. They held the Chinese in disrespect and showed that no justice breva ed. One motor car, on which were written the words "chief picket" and was gaily decorated, wax held up in Weihaiwei Road. The decorations were pulled down and the two Chinese flags (one the Kuomintang. banner) were torn away, thrown to the ground and tramped upon by' the Tunning dogs of the "British Gounell." This ix an insult to the! Chinese people, to the national and party flags, to the "Nationalist Government and to the Kuomintang. We must, therefore, ask you to lodge a strong protest (the wri say) and demand the removal of the barricades and public apology within one week.
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