CORPS—COMMAND, The Council has approved the selection of Colonel F. Rt. W. Graham, 8.0, M.C, Royal Ulster Rifles, as Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps in_sue-cession to Colonel N. W.
Thoms, v.8.0,, females came to the notice of the Police ax having committed suicide during the month of October.
Communism.—During the month 4 of October four Chinese and one Formosan were arrested for [offences arising out of "Communist activities Two of the Chinese were transferred to Chinese controlled territory after prima facie ceases had been proved against them [in the lat Special District Court, two were released, and the Formosan was handed over to the Japanese Consular Authorities. In effecting these arrests. the Police raided six different addresses and found incriminating papers in two of them. Other communist litera: ture found during the month comprised 11,000 copies of pamphlets of 21 different kinds.
Strikes.—Nine strikes occurred in the Settlement during October. These disputes affected 4,803, workers and resulted in a loss of 97/685 working days. The concerns involved were the Shanghai Power Company; British Cigarette Gompany; Ward Printing & Dyeing Company, 1514 Ward Road; Univer sal Silk Weaving Factory, 1058 low Factory, 220 Yulin Road; Hwa Dah Cigarette Factory, luchow Road; Yung Dah Rubber sent "by the Sovi to Japan for transmission to Chi Tt seems to me the other way jabour, and it proves that my ac-
matter via Siberia ix of deliberately delay-correct, for it stands to reason that it is Manchoukuo (or let us better span) that refuses to accept latter from the Soviet for and diverts it via Viadivostock and Japan, in order to reach, China 10-14 days later than the Home mail reaches Japan via Man-
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