GENERAL STRIKE
AITOJAPANESE FEELING.
ANGRY CHINESE MOB.
SITUATION QUIET BOT TENBE.
(AustitllKn and N.Z. Cable Aatn.) (Received March 30, 11.10 a.m.) HONGKONG, March 29.
The situation at Amoy In consequence of anti-Japanese feeling is growing serious. Martial law continues.
A mob of thousands of angry Chinese demonstrated when the cargo of a Japanese ship was landed by Formosans against the orders of the strike.
The Chinese military are sending a large party of armed men to disperse the demonstrators. Japanese sailors from six warships in the harbour arrested strike pickets, and allegedly tore up a Chinese flag. The pickets were later released.
A general strike continues. The situation Is now quiet but tense.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17366, 30 March 1928, Page 7
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