The " Hongkong Daily Press" has the following letter from its Cunton correspondent, dated the 81st of July.—Che Am reliants in Canton, in con-sequel placards which have beau posted in.vurious parts of the city, and in consequence of the Anti-American mass meetings and iovtings in the remplos, have sent a joint petition to the American Consul-General, asking that Viceroy Ta'én be requested tu prohibit the posting of these placards and the holding of these ings.
His Excellency the Viceroy replied as follows:—* Received. the dispatch from the United States Consul-General at Canton. The" dispatch states that. in Canton and other places in Kuangtung Province placards have been posted and mass meetings have been held to urge the people not to purchase. or use American goods. This sort of thing tends to impede the harmony wud peace existing between the two nations, and also. the peace of Knangtr Beovince.
It requests me to prohibit the posting of these placards and the holding of the: e mass meetings. I have perused carefully your dispatch, and after investigating the matter I find that these mass meetings and. placards urging the people not to use or purchase American goods are caused by your Government passing an exclusion act, America and China have been on peaceful terms for 8 long time, which "makes it all the more unfortunate that such-unpleasant
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