The Archive · 1937

Chinese Labour Cable to Britain

The Shanghai General Labour

Union has telegraphed its thanks to the National Trades Union Club in London which recently forward a letter to Mr. Quo Tai-Chi, Chinese Ambassador to London, expressing sympathy with the Chinese in respect to the ruthless bombing of Chinese civilians by Japanese bombers.

The telegram requested the workers in England to urge their government to apply effective sanctions against Japanese aggression in order to safeguard peace in the Far East.

At a press interview, Mr. Chu Hsueh-Fang, chairman of the Shanghai General Labour Union, expressed his gratitude towards workers in various countries who have shown their sympathy with the Chinese in the present war of resistance against Japan. He specially mentioned the strike called by the seamen in the United States and similar action taken by workers in other countries as an expression of sympathy. He said that he hoped that "workers of other countries who have not yet participated in this movement would on rally to the support of the Chinese.

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

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