At no time, however, was much impression made upon the British} lors. They scorned the reading matter given them, and the bars and other establishments where Borodin was able to plant his propagandists were very wisely put out of bounds by the British naval officers, The: complete failure of all attempts to reach the British sailors annoyed Borodin, und a conference was called at called at which an English Communist, known to me as asked to explain why there wei nits. His lame excuse was that the sailors in Hankow were selected for duty there because of their political views which were in every] instance opposed to the minority labour movement in England and the proletarian movement in China.
Borodin carried on throughout May, however, with his printing, and for a time appeals to the British sailors were printed as posters and stuck up in public places. This drew a protest from the British authorities and Eugene Chen, for form's sake, lad to order their removal, but Borodin prompt] instructed the labour unions to re again, much to Chen's discomfiture.
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