All foreigners are asking the question, will the strike and boycott be entirely a thing of the past after October 10, oF will it not be kept up, only in a more underhand-fed way than hitherto? There is Hittle doubt but that there will be incidents of intimidation of merjehants, and it may be that workmen, who have lost their positions through the strike, will sometimes wait for those who have taken their places in Shameen, and try to. mob them.
"severance of lecononric relations" propaganda will kept up by a number of organizations, As lately as October 2 Hengtny statement was put out sign-Jed by the Central Kuomintang, the [Canton General Chamber of Commerce, the Kuangtung, Canton and Hongkong Students' Unions, among fother organizations, in which the statement appears "In view of the [present crisis, our various classes lof people in Kuangtung have de-Jeided to continue the Anti-British Jmovement, and extend the severance Jof economic relations—a policy which will be strongly adhered to until such time as the tragedies of May 30 and June 23 as well as. [the Canton-Hongkong strike shall The satisfactorily settled."
Government Promising Protection The average merchant can hardly wait for the opportunity again to, purchase a stock of British goods, fand the only thing that will ko him from doing so is the fear of physical injury at the hands of the strikers. The Canton Government Fhas promised to do its best to see that the merchant is not intiminated, and it has the power to jerry out its promises. For that reason, it is most probable that while there will be now and then unpleasant incidents, these will gra-Jdually become fewer and fewer. As soon as employment is found for the idle workmen, and they ive Canton City, there is every reason to suppose that these incidents will cease.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.