Jan. 5.
Japanese Protest oN Boycorr.
A circular telegram has been issued by the Waichiaopu containing the following instructions The Japanese Government have addressed a formal despatch to our Minister. in Japan, Mr. Chuang Chin-ko, in which they demand an explanation of the Chinese Government for the continuous boycott against things Japanese sustained for several months without intercession by Chinese merchants, students and people; and for the recent indulgence in all sorts of violent acts by the scholars and merchants who have been examining, searching, burning and destroying Japanese goods, following the regrettable incident at Foochow. The Japanese Government point out that it is the duty of the Chinese Govern. ment to protect foreign merchants according to stipulations in the Commercial Treaty; and that, considering the boycott movement to be a manifestation of feeling too antipathetic to Japan to be overlooked, the Japanese Government have felt constrained to notify Great Britain, the United States, and other Treaty Powers, that through Mr. Chuang Chin-ko, Chinese Charge d'Affaires in Japan, the Chinese Government have been approached for an ex: plicit explanation and reply as regards the method to be adopted for the maintenance of the friendly relations between China and Japan; and so on, This Ministry, having received this despatch, hereby circulates instructions to all the districts of the Republic to devise methods to prohibit, prevent and suppress the boycotting of Japanese goods, and to persuade and induce our people to refrain from giving vent to their own feeling of indignation and thereby causing the most serious diplomatic complications, The authorities of all the districts are required to reply by telegraph as to what steps have been or are being taken for the prevention and suppression of the boycott campaign against Japanese merchandise.
Jan. 7.
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