The Archive · 1923

JAPAN'S INITIAL FRIENDLY ATTIPUDE: PORTS THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE

Peking, June 28.

With regard to the situation of the anti-Japanese movement in China and the attitude of the Japanese Government on the subject. the Japanese Legation has handed to s Agency a statement! briefly summarized, says:

The recent Changsha incident is only an instance of numerous anti- Japanese outrages comm in various parts of China. Since this spring the boycotting of Japanese goods has been openly advocated by students and other agitators in the different parts of the country, and merchants dealing in Japanese goods have been intimidated and_ obstructed in their business. In some cases those anti-Japanese—_ agitators have gone so far as to force their way into Japanese Consulates and Japanese shops. The Japan ese Government had been kept informed by their Consular re presentatives of this state of affairs in the provinces, bat they trusted that the Chinese Govern ment would take the necessary measures, of their own accord, to suppress the unlawful movement

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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