Inferior Goods has written a circular letter to the Lungngan (dried fruit) Stores, reminding them of their pledge to join the boycott campaign against Japanese goods from May 4. 1919, in retaliation for "our neighbour's aggressive actions towards us," and complaining that they. the stores mentioned, have recently dealt very largely in' Japanese Lungngan, in spite of the fact that this fruit is abun-dautly produced in Fukien and Kuangtung. The Society expresses surprise that keepers of such stores, however greedy of gain they may be, should be so ready to sacrifice their own children and grandchildren by thus contributing towards the destruction of their nation.
Commenting on the above, the inwanpas" laments the short life of the boycott movement, most-a conscientious affair but the only way to reach a vital part of our foe. It also fears that the Lungngan dealers are not the only men who have cooled down their ardour in this campaign. Beware of subterfuges to pass inferior goods as native products or other foreign goods." concludes the paper.
Numbers of important questions relating to China's foreign relations need our attention, comments the Sinwanpao." They have so far been neglected owing to internal conflicts. and political upheavals following upon the heels of each other in rapid succession. Now, the political position has recovered its stability and a new cabinet has been successfully formed, our authorities should © devote their whole heart to the satisfactory settlement of all outstanding diplomatic questions without more delay. Since our defeat at the Paris Conference regarding the Shantung problem, no progress at all toward retrieving any of our losses in this respect has been heard of. Already the date for the sitting of the League of Nations has been fixed and a formal invitation to participate in its deliberations has reach-ted our Government. No time should, therefore, be wasted in completing all necessary preparations for us to lay our claims before that League in the hope of turning our defeat into victory.
Ju regard to the Chinese Eastern Railway, it is no secret that Japan has. cast a longing eye on this political means of communications for some time. She has resorted to various tricks, even going the length of inciting rebellious risings, in order to realize her aims. The paper points out that the fact that Japanese troops, ostensibly withdrawn from Siberia, are dallying in Manchuria proves the tenacity of her purpose. While we should protest against her interference with this railway on the one hand, and adopt stringent precautions to safeguard our rights in that, region on the other, the fundamental solution lies mainly in the cancellation of the Military Pact, the term of whose effectiveness is admitted even by our neighbour to have passed. As Japan has offered to cancel the Compact and to enter into another agreement for future guidance, the Government be on its guard lest the spirit of the Compact be retained in the new agreement, although the letter is destroyed.
As Tuan Chi-jui's party is "down," nobody is under any binding obligation to the Japanese: and as Mr. W. W. Yen, the new Foreign Minister, enjoys the people's respect
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