The British crew of the steamer Severnleigh, owned by the Severn Steamship Ca. and at present chartered by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, started a sit-down strike to-day in protest "against the carriage of materials to Japan, thus aiding her in her war of aggression against China,"
The vessel was to sail yesterday morning, bythe men refused to work the ship declaring that they were even prepared to go to gaol. The present cargo consists of coal from
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