Quiet Preserved Through Strong Action by Gen, Chien The firm action of Gen, Chien Ta-chun, Gendarmerie Commissioner for Shanghai and Woosung, in not permitting parades and demonstra, in the native city, has no doubt, prevented much of the disorder which might have ensued in the ordinary course of events during an_anti-foreign movement such as the present Japanese boycott, For the past couple of months he has been actively searching out radicals and Communists, thereby preventing them from carrying out a great deal of their nefarious work.
The latest development in the clean-up campaign has been the sealing of the Zang Sung Iron Works Union premises on Thursday by order of the Gendarmerie Commissioner, Three men were arrest-suspicion of being Cent munists and, acting on information supplied by them, the police carried oat a raid on a house in an alleyway near the Japan-China Cotton Mill and discovered a quantity of reactionary literature. Subsequent investigations led to the discovery, that these documents were issued by the Zang Sung Iron Works Unio and the secretary and @ suniber of servants on the premises were arrested while the place was scaled up. A number of other officials escaped before the arrival of the police, With regard to the strike of silk Slature workers, the vernacular press has it that they will return to work shortly, and that the Reorganization Committee of the General Labour Union has sent a letter to the Gendarmerie Commissioner, assuring him of the early prospect of the workers resuming their work and stating that. the majority of them are not radical and are easy to handle, Bales of Cotton Seized Seizures of Japanese goods still continue to be made by search panties in the Chinese city. Some of the confiscated goods seized Nantuo and Chapei comprise 300 bags of flour, gramophone records, toys, sweets, and cotton piece-goods, Negotiations are in progress between Mr, S. Yada, Japanese Consul-General, and Gen. Chien chun, Gendarmerie Commissioner, respecting the seizure of 500 bales of cotton which were confiscated aboard a tighter off the Bund, when some Chinese, ela to be inspectors, alleged that the kwads were Japanese and therefore liable to be detained. The Chinese authorities stated that if were ascertained to be Japanese property: they would be returned immediately, but that a couple of days would elapse for proper inquiry. into the matter.
The Silk Filature Strike A stiunge situation hax arisen connection with the strike of silke filature workers in Chapel. At a meeting of the strikers it was de cided that work should have beow resumed on Tuesday, but the employers had resolved at a meeting held on Sunday that before work could be again started it was neces sary that the machinery should be overhinuled and that stich would occupy at least four days. Fearing a demonstration by the workers as a result of the delay in resumption of work, a request was sent to the Gendarmerie Commissioner for police protection. In the meantime negotiations are proceeding between representatives from the General Labour Union, the Gendarmerie Commissione's office and the Department of Industry and Com= or following to join them, only to mi which have a quota of 200 more, PABFERENCE Quota InstictaNts, Class Bs (See, 6, Act of 1024, a8 amended.)
Unmarried children under 21, or the wives of alien residents of the United States who were: lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence,
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