The Archive · 1922

Student Protest Against Loans

A committee of Provincial Assemblymen and representative citizens is examining the note circulation; accounts of the Provincial Bank of Kuangtung to prevent further issue of notes. At present, the notes are only accepted on the market at 53 per cent. of the face value.

The students of Canton have issued the following manifesto:

"We, the students of Kuangtung, China, do protest against further financial aid from foreign individnals, syndicates, or governments to the numerous political and military factions in China, as this outside supply of money and ammunition has been the cause and means for the present internecine and fratricidal war to continue in this country.

"Wei believe that the proposed £4,000,000 Kuangtung Government. bonds to be—issued in London! through British bankers without approval of the National Assembly of the Republic and against the expressed wish, of the Cantonese people will be

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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