The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-04
KUO MIN TANG CALLS
ON CHINA TO ARISE
AGAINST THE BRITISH

MOSCOW June 11.-(By Mail -
According to a statement made by
the teaching staff of the Picking Ma
tional University to the British and
American press, the number killed in
Shanghai is 20, and the number OF
those wounded is more than 300. all
of whom are Chinese.
There are now in the port of Shang
hal % alien warships, of which 10
are American, Japanese, 4 British
3 French and one Italian. The total
number of marines in the port Is
$500, of whom 5000 are on land.
A Real Battlefield.
The zone separating the alien sec
ton from the Chinese quarter re.
sembles real battlefield. The Chin.
csc members Of the municipal coun.
Gil Of Shanghai have resigned in OF.
der not to share the responsibility
for the action Of the alien members
of the council.
In the Chinese section, food is be.
ing sold to Cinnamon only, while Bri.
fish and Japanese goods are boy.
cotted. In the territory of the French
concession, the businessmen gave up
their strike after they received the
assurance of the French consul that
the meetings and demonstrations will
not be interfered with.
The joint committee of Workers
Students, and Businessmen's Organ.
izations put up the following demands
as a basis for negotiations between
the Picking government and the alien
powers:
Chinese Demands.
The lifting of the state Of war; de-
mobilization of the alien volunteer
troops, withdrawal of the marines:
release of the prisoners; reopening
of the university, and the arrest of
the chief Of police and of the British
policemen who took part in the shoot.
ing.
After negotiations are opened on
that basis, the following demands
shall be fulfilled: Punishment of
those guilty, to be carried out under
the supervision of the Chinese author
tiles; compensation to the families
of the victims; an apology to China
by the British and Japanese govern.
ments; recall of the British and Jap
anese consuls; complete freedom for
Chinese in the alien section, particu-
larly freedom of the press and as
sembly; improvement of the condi-
ton of the textile workers. admis-
sion of Chinese officers to the police
in the alien section; supervision of
the alien section by a mixed alien.
Chinese authority; abolition of the
consular courts, and the immediate,
unconditional evacuation of China by
the British and Japanese troops.
The Chinese government is report.
ed to be in accord with these de.
mands. No further collisions are re.
ported from Shanghai; on the other
hand. there is intense excitement in
Picking where a strike in the diplomat.
ic section is feared. This section is
heavily guarded by alien troops, in
order to prevent the penetration Of
the unceasing demonstrations into
the extra-territorial quarters.
A deputation of Chinese professors
and students visited the, Juan Chi Jul
and demanded the recall of the Bri
fish and Japanese consuls, and the
expedition OF Chinese troops to Shang.
hal.
The workers and students are con.
tributing Is per cent of their wages
and incomes for the benefit Of the
Shanghai strikers.
kuo Min Tang Call to Arms.
The central committee of the ma
tional revolutionary party, Kuo Min
Tang, at Canton, issued an appeal
containing the following statement:
"The inhuman brutality of the Bril-
fish imperialists who murder China
men on Chinese territory, shows that
Britain is pursuing the same policy
in China as in India and Egypt. If
the Chinese people do not arise
against this outrage, 1t will become
the slave OF British imperialism"