Much suspicion as to the ulterior motives of the Japanese in Mong lis has been recently created in Peking, owing to several visits made by a supposed agent of the Japanese Government at the effiers of the Mongolian Superintendency (Li ¥an-yuan). It is stated that the agent called at the Secretariat and asked a considerable number of questions "8 to the Mongolian economy; the custom of paying tribute to the Empire; h"w the Government in tarn acts towards the Mongol tribes, their laws and political status, etc., eto., copious notes of which were taken'down by him. Asked as to the reason of his conduct, the Japanese merely smiled.
The Proposed Boycott on American Goods.
We understand that at the meeting of gentry and merchants at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce last week it was decided to request Chinese merchants thoughout the empire to stop ordering; goods from the United States, beginning from the Ist of the 7th moon, or 1st of August next, that is to say, about two months from date of the decision, as a protest against the severe terms of the proposed new Chinese Exclusion Treat; Tu pursuance of this plan the Committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce sent telegrams on the day of the meeting to the Chinese Chambers of Commerce and principal guilds of the twenty-two treaty ports, informing them of the result of the meet. ing and requesting their ce-operation. On Friday of last week a large number Cantonese merchants met at their guild on Ningpo Road to endorse the pro-
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