The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-30

Note-Onless otnerWlse stateo aH
gree of success: Public utilities so
per. cent out, but not so per cent eff
fective because the remaining work
ers are kept on duty by armed guards;
street transportation 20 per cent out
and effective; shipping british and
Japanese) 80 per cent; household SER
wants so per cent; factories 95 per
cent.
Terms of Settlement-and a Bill Of
Rights.
When the delegates of the Chinese
government came to Shanghai to in
vestigate and negotiate with repre-
sentatives of the foreign powers, the
Amalgamated executive committee
submitted to them four conditions up
on which the strike would be called
off: resembling martial law withdraw
al of foreign forces and disarmament
Of volunteers and police; release of
all Chinese now in custody, restora-
ton of schools and colleges, now clos
ed as Bolshevik centers and occupied
by American marines. They added a
bill of rights with 10 demands, as the
basis of negotiations after the strike
was settled.
These had to do with punishment,
compensation, apology; rights of free
speech and press, of organization and
strike; labor regulations; Chinese rep
resentation in the government (they
pay 80 per cent of the taxes) and in
the high police offices; dropping GER
tain proposed Objectionable ordin-
ances and stopping extension of roads
into Chinese territory; permanent
withdrawal of British and Japanese
naval forces from the river; return OF
the mixed court in which Chinese are
tried to it's original form of a real
joint court; and the abolition of extra
territoriality.
Chamber of Commerce Waivers.
The Shanghai chamber of com.
merce, composed of the big merchants
and bankers, which did not enter the
Amalgamated Unions, but did join the
strike, had first submitted 10 demands
which were supposed to represent all
But it turned out that they had
changed some of the points.
They had dropped one or two de
mands dealing with international re
lations as being against the original
treaties, and most significant of all
they had omitted "the right to organ
ize and to strike" Hence the stu
dents and workers acted again sep
arately and carried the small shop.
keepers with them. Here is the flu.
ture line of cleavage when this fight
against foreign control Is over.
Merchants Lose Money-Wait to Quit
The chamber of commerce an
nounced the end Of the merchant part
of the strike at the end of the third
week but had to withdraw it because
the students and workers carried the
street unions of shopkeepers and had
public opinion with them.
The shops are putting up banners
inscribed "We must sleep on straw
and live ON bile so that we shall not
forget this disgrace" The merchants
have lost close to $1,0O0,O0O net profit
to date This is a Chinese tactic of
sympathy and sacrifice without CORE.
spending inconvenience to their op-
ponents.
Will Merchants Hold out7
Now the chamber OF commerce
crowd want to switch to concentrate
ed tieup of British and Japanese ship.
ping and boycott of their goods. The
latter is hard because 1t involves
stocks now on hand. The shipping
question is easier because the Sea-
mems Union are good fighters They
brought the British to terms before
in Hongkong to a degree without par
allel since the Boston tea party and
its results.
Now in Shanghai they have refused
to accept strike funds supplied by pub.
lie contribution. They say, I'VE have
our savings. We can live on them for
while. Give money to the work.
ers who haven't anything The ques.
ton is whether when the merchants
reopen they will provide the funds
for sustained shipping strike and go
thru with the economic boycott.
Split on Glass Lines.
The tendency OF the merchants is to
bargain ON the demands, seeking to
get the vital pointseof their class in.
terest, which are representation in the
municipal council and Joint control of
the mixed court. II will take the stu