'The shipping hongs fell in witn' the sugges increased in intensity until the news, which we published yesterday that, there was a threat to confiscate Ping hongs at Chunking refused t> ship cargo through the British companies. Fortunately, however, the two companies were well enough established and had sufficient organization of their own, to secure cargo from the small hongs, without foing through the medium of the shipping hongs. This caused a loss to the shipping hongs of their commission and the first enthusiasm ype of boycott evaporate! in direct proportion to the decline in the receipts of the shipping hongs' recount books.
Since this first move proved a. failure, those behind the an british boycott availed themselves of the peculiar nature of the port of put a further emin the way of the British ships. It was arranged that the Chunking lighter guild should refuse to carry any cargo fom British ships. The hulks at which cargo is discharged at Chung-King are on the opposite side of the river from the city itself, and all cargo has to be "ferried across. Thus this refusal of the lighter guild was a very serious treat to the British companies. A great cal of business was lost there; the export trade falling practical to zero on British ships, though the import trade continued in a fitful sort of way.
The same sort of boycott did not old good for Wanhsien, however, ard the prime movers in the anti-British agitation had to take a different line there. They worked, upon the merchants to refute to, Fendle cargo for British ships unt:! there had been a diplom: ment of the Wanhsien "incident end this seriously affected trade la that port. Nothing in the way of confiscation of goods carried in Kiritish ships was threatened here until quite recently.
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