A 72-Hour Ultimatum Sent by Labourers and Students Hankow, Jan. 5.
Representatives of the labourers, farmers, merchants, students and soldiers met yesterday morning and formulated a series of five articles, which, if approved by the Nationalist Government, will' be presented to the British Consul this, morning, Article I consists of the following, eight points:
(1).—A protest is to be sent to the British Consul by the National Government.
(2).—Request the British Government to pay indemnity for those! Killed and wounded on January 3.
(2).—Punish the Britis persons in uniform who used force and hand. them over to the Chinese authority (4).—Abolish all the volunteers send the gunboats away.
(5).—Apologize to the Chinese! Government.
(G).—Chinese in the British Concession must be allowed to hold mass Jmeetings, make speeches and hold (7).—Volunteers and armed pol must no longer carry arms or wear uniforms, (8)—The Chinese Government: must send civil and armed police into the British Concession to maintain peace and order and the garrison troops?
headquarters is to be parade is to be held at Chishen Maloo in the Native City at two Jo'clock this afternoon.
Article IIL—An economic boycotting committee should—_be organized.
Article IV.—A boycotting British committee of the "Wu-Han cities should be organized.
Article V.—Telegraph to all the [world declaring the outlawry of the British.
The meeting resolved that the féregsing ultimatum should be com-_ plied with within 72 hours—Reuter's Pacific Service,
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