A Gigantic Crocodile Sucking Blood of the Chinese The following manifesto _has been issued by the executive committee of the Shanghai Special District Kuomintang in. connection swith the erection "of iron gates which the council is having placed pivotal places about the Settlement:
Of late the S.M.C. has been undertaking road construction in Chineve territory under armed protection and this has aroused. great excite ment amongst the Chinese residents who now fear that their lives and property are in imminent danger, The Settlement is like a gigantic crocodile sucking the blood of our} copie to maintain its life, The imperialists have been making use the Settlement to act recklessly in China. This committee the entire body of Chines in Shanghai to. work hard for the restoration of the Settlement China, tition' the Settlement imperialists have unreasonably' rejected our demand for the abodition of consular jurisdiction and] wre carrying out road construction in Chinese territory. They are no better than armed robbers. At a time when the people throughout} China are working strenuously for the restoration of foreign settlements, the S.M.C, has dared 7 carry out rond construction at the Woosung Road terminus under armed protection. We regard the present time as one of life and! death for the Chinese people.
Measures to be Taken We have decided to resort to the following steps:—(1) That the people of the tire nation urge the national government to lodge a strong protest and to bring about the restoration to China of all foreign concessions.
(2) That the national gover ment be urged to bring about the cancellation of consular jurisdietion.
(8) That the people throughout the country deal a serious blow] to the imperialists in order to make them come to their senses.
(4) That the people of the whole' nation make preparations to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their Government and to fight, against the imperialists, road construction by ists in Chinese ter-
Let us bring about the restoration of all foreign settlements to China!
Abolish all unequal treaties; Secure real equality for the Chi. nese people a Cuunese reports have it that an attempt will be made to lower the value of greyhound. racing shares the first step in a definite cam-expressed a hope to the Chinese Papers that' a' reasonable solution will be" found: "to' avoid untoward
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.