Pickets Demand Bonus or Employment It has been reported that the National "Sal ion Committes to Resist Japan" decided to reduce the number of pickets engaged inspecting Japanese goods from 198 to 8. The reason, it is stated, was because they had no funds. Hav ing learned of this deci fon, which was made secretly, the pickets, enraged, are demanding compensa tien, Over the week-end, 137 pickets met in Nantao and chose a commit tee who should begin negotiations snd ith the senior body. was. suggested that relief measures. should be instituted, failing which half of the confiscated cargo should be sold and the funds ps They also demanded their" wage: for " Decenbe onus equal, to one month's wages, further that if one isto be discharged, all should be dismissed.
Yesterday afternoon a delegation of about 20 called at "the -headquarters, situated in the Temple of Heaven, North Honan Road, but Were fetused admission by the soldiers on duty inside. They then loitered round on North Honan Road for some time,
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