Peking, Feb. 8.
The Tass Agency states that the following telegram has been re. ceived from the Chairman of the:
Railway Workers' Union in Harbin:
Marshal Chang Tso-lin's tele-in ordering the reopening of all Jabour unions has been carried out by the local authorities only with regard to Harbin. Although the ben has been removed from the Jabour unions in Harbin the closing} down of unions, the arrest of union officials, raids and searches of pre mises and outrageous conduct. by. police, particularly White" Rus-jams, continue along the line. At} present 26 unions are closed and we ere receiving from places along the Line a stream of reports regarding, arrests, raids and confiscation documents, The temper of the workers on the line is becoming: very strained. Numerous mass meetings held demand the reopening of the unions. In some places the workers have attempted to remove the.seals from closed union premises, but this threatens to make the situation more compli ed. The work on the line is carried on only partly and under the prevailing conditions the Railway, Workers* Union can accept no re The funeral of the late Mr, Hyui Dan-sung was held with unprece Jdented pomp and circumstance on Sunday. It is said to have cost $20,000 and to have sur passed any funeral Wusih has ever Mr. Hyui was one of the most lonlightened of the many mill owners of this city, leaving schools and Kindergartens and a day nursery under foreign supervision, in con nexion with his mill,
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