The Archive · 1939

No Right (o Protest

"To express frankly the feelings of the "Japanese people in generat, they are' not thinking. that they. are fighting the regime of Chinn." Kalshek any, but the regime of Chiang Kai-shek plus Britain, Such feelings fon the part of the Japanese people are based upon solid' facts.

'Engaged in giving ald to the re= gime Japan is fighting, and" thus postponing a conclusion' of the incident, Britain has no right to protest that "there prevails among the Japan~ 60 anti-British sentiment, - because this Is just the price Britdin has. to bay "For her assistance to Gen, Chiang Kaisshok. Writain may cor tend that she is' not eomplaini about the anti-British feelings of the Aapanese, but protesting against apanese' instigation and guidance of Chinese in their anti-British " movements, We do not know whether Japanese really are participating in arch movements, but it would "not be surprising "even it individual anese were joining in them.

Lun Chang ati Strike "However, to allege that the strike at the Lun Chang Cotton Mill been brought about by Japanese the Tabour dispute without tome yriev= fane or dissatisfaction on the part of the workers, This ought to be well known to Britons inthe light

(ory, their tong labour movement ise "The strike at the Lun Chang Cotton Mil is the result of the protest revolt ut the Chinese workers inst their exploitation by British capitalists, "And so Jong as the strike situation remains as it is Japan does hot want to intervene in it, because Fonan, thou she upon and order in" occupied ares and herself mig peace protecting the rights and. interests of third Powers, cannot become the fat'sspaw of British capitalists Leaking the strike, Council Officials Honoured dune 7.

A dinner was given at the Cathay

Shanghai Municipal Cot Hoel on the night of Zone 6, by, the our of Mr. Stirling Fesse retiring Secretary-General, J.T, Ford, OBE. thie Treasiwer and Controller, Among those present were: Messrs. H.E, Arnhold, F.N. Matthews, W. 3. Keswick, Major' J.T. Ford, OBE. Messrs, J. W. Carney, W. Gockson, G. A. Haley, B, Y. B. Kiang, MacDonald, 0. Okamoto, T. S. Powell, L.T. Yuan, Vu Ya Ching, G. Godfrey Phillips, Major K. M. Bourne, M.C. Col... W. Hornby, ME, Captain H. G, Reed, Dr, J. 1, Jordan, Messrs. A. F, Gimson, R. 7, Bryan, dr, Healey, C. Kliene, T. W. Gubb, T. Ho, If. Tbusuki, J. 'W." Morcher, Oliver and R. Middleton, In the absence of Mr. C. $, Frank-in, Chairman of Couiell, "who was away from 'Shanghai, Mir. W. Keswick, Vice-Chairman of Council, presided' at the dinner and spoke to the toast of the retiring Secretary General and the Treasurer and Controller,

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