Chinese Students Talk to Japanese 'The following report of am interview between representatives of the Imperial University of Japan and of the National Organizations' Union of China has been sent us ior publiqition. Omitting certain unimportant sentences, we publish it as it sands. It is a document of curious On the th instant, Mr. Sze Yang, Mr. Ma Showkwei and Mr. Feng Ki-tsun of the National Organizations Union of China heid an interview with three students, representatives of the students of the Imperial University of Japan When asked the object of their call, the visitors said:—
The boycott movement has been brought about on account of the bad feeling of your countrymen, which hus been aroused by the militarists and ollicials in encroach: ing on China. Our far-sighted countrymen extremely sympathize with it. At the outbreak of the Tsingtao question, our university intended to send men here to propose a boycott campaign to your countrymen that the encroaching principle of our militarists and officials might be weakened so as to preserve the world peace. But Your countrymen satisfied our wish before we took our step, so they are greatly admired by our countrymen. When our party went Hangchow this time, the boatmen refused to receive us as visitors of the West Lake and the hotels refused us admittance. We, instead of expressing any resentment for such inhospitality, honour them extremely because we should reap such a harvest from the seeds sown by our militarists and officials. But can you tell us in detail whether your movement means ae anti-Japan movement or not?
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Mr. Feng Ki-tsun said, "Our countrymen, observing the general trend of the world, do not desire the development ' of—autocracy which would lead up to another great disturbance of the world. Therefore, we regret very. much that the militarists and officials of China and Japan league together for the sake of expanding the principles of the latter, and think of how to make her feel her own error. Since the financiers of Japan serve the militarists and officials as pioneers, and en-crouchment. keeps pace with the making of loans to China, there is no other alternative available for arresting their encroachment except to put pressure upon the economic condition of Japan. Hence the object of our boycott movement is to make the financiers of Japan suffer the consequence and to advise their militarists and officials to forsake their principle when they feel a pain. Thus our movement is extremely intended for self-defence and not at all for anti-Japan purpose. Moreover,
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