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SHANGHAI RIOTING.
Mob Threatens Foreigners.
Police Porced to Fire.
(Renter.)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 7.
Turther noting occurred in Shanghai at 6 oclock on Monday evening following a meeting of 500 coolies ind agitators m the Chinese tcnitory to do reverence to the victima of the May 30 affair ind to protest ogiinst unequal treaties
The usual anti foreign banners pamph lets and bitter speeches were the features of the meeting When the crowd wns worked up to a state of frenzy and excite mont it made for the international bottle ment with the object of causing a not in the central district It was allowed to pass through a strip of the 1 rench concession unmolested Trie ciowd was met on the border of the International Settlement by live foreign md two Chinese constables Lncouragcd by their leaders the mob grew violent and attacked the police with piv ing stones bricks and bamboo poles I he two foreign constables were knocked down and the situation became tense 1 he police were driven to fire They nimed high but seriously wounded one eooln ind slightly wounded two otbeis The crowd then broke up und strong reserves were rushed
to the scene
All is now quite Chinese sources claim that one rioter was killed but the extent of the casualties is still uncertain
Child Labour in China.
Eeckless Statement Made
(Australian 1 ress Association )
LONDON facpt 7
.«lr A B Swales m his picsidentral id dress nt the Trade Union Congi ess at Sear borough said that British ti ade unionists must lejoice at tho revolt of workers m China lhere appealed to be a repetition of the methods use 1 by British employers 100 years ago when the ««orl houses weie the leermting gi ound foi iheip labour and the employment of chilli en lhe whole Laboui movement had been .hocked to leam that undei British rule children were fanned out fiom their puent- for II i month into factories on nor by British and Tupancso But just as they have passed out from serfdom into wage dom BO will they finally pass from wagedora into freedom It ia the duty of all members of the working class to solidtt« the movements in order -hit when the time comes we shall not be want mt either in machinery or ni purpose to destioy wage slavery and build up a society bused on co ordinatcd effort and w orld vv ide fcoodwill '
[lhe allegations mide by Ali Swales are v cry w ide ol the mark 1 orcigncrs control a very small proportion of the Chinese in dustiy lu cotton and silk mills there arc only five British and 44 Japanese, com lared with SO (.hiñese M hen the British owned mills not long ago Hied to ubo'ish child laboui. tiley were .re« enteil bv the attitude ot the idult «.límese vvoikiug people Child 1 inouï is not wanted It is uneconomic because the childi cn do not priduco enough to make it worth while cm ploy-in», them Sir lohn Jordan president of the Cluni Vssociation his stitcd thit f letones owned by forei(,ncrs m Shinglini and the other Ircatv potts ir in i,cneril unmeasureibly superior to Chinese fie toriCR is to «instructif n -nutation and conditions of employment lhe existence of s ich factories naturally tends to amch ollie the conditions of employment lil Clune c fict ne. sill e thev hive to obtnn hbom in competition with foreign fie
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American Naval Disaster
(Itcuter )
SH.VGHVI Sept 8
lour \moncnn snilnrs were killed ind three seriously injured by an explosion of a generator j esterdav afternoon on the United States destiojcr Non off Woo sung _