In its efforts to influence the As they were leaving, the chauf-cur returned and, seeing his master's predicament, raised an alarm and! ave chase. One of the gang opened fire on him but missed. The ca meanwhile, had picked up speed, and was driven away.
The captive's eyes were covered with a pair of dark glass spectacles and he was gagged.
The car was driven to Lu Chia Yen, a village near Langhua, when Mr. Hsu forced to alight and walk a short distance. The countrypeople, noticing that the man with dark glasses was doing as the others directed him, followed them, and Mr. Hsu, hearing the chattering of the people, know that there must Kuomintang Congress to abolish the different chambers of commerce, onder that the—merchant unions throughout the country may become the leading mouthpieces of the community, the Greater Shanghai Merehants'Union on March 25 issued a circular, which says:—"Among the' many important questions discussed by the Third National Kuomintang Congress was one which involved the unification of merchant organizations.
"It is of the greatest necessity that we should promote and elevate the position of the merchants and consolidate their organizations. But, order to do this, we do not mean to say that we should elevate the positions of a few merchants, as has been done in the past. by the corrupt practices and oppressed the people, There were no government organs to which the people could bring their grievances or to complain of their sufferings) hence they were not in any way relieved.
Middle and Lower Class Merchants "In view of this, the Greater Shanghai Merchants Union assisted in organizing the diferent unions of the middle and lower class merchants, such as the Barbers Union, the Duck Merchants Union, the Vegetable Merchants Union, the Candle Merchants Union, ete.
"The public are asked to beac these facts in mind and to support us in our campaign to unify the merchant organizations instead of allowing them to fall into the hands of a corrupt few."
In this connection, it is of interest to note that the Kuomintang Congress has been requested by the Shanghai District Kuomintang to the dissolution of the Shanghai Amalgamated Street Unions and Commercial Federations, upon the receipt of which report the Unions at once telegraphed to the Congress saying that the time is rot yet ripe for the dissolution and abolition of the Street Unions, because they are still needed to support the Government in its diplo-marie work and in its ght against the
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