Peking Trying to Escape with an Investigation Peking, July 9.
The Government today des patches Mr, Shih Lu-peng to Hunan to investigate conditions in connexion with the anti-
Japanese boycott.
The situation at Changsha is quiet but the Japanese Consul desires to see the withdrawal of martial law before his nationals return to their residences, fearing that, if they return to their homes now, trouble night follow when martial law is withdrawn.—Reuter.
Peking, July 10.
It is reported from Changsha that the restoration of the status quo has been delayed by the fall of the river, which prevented two Japanese "boats from as conding the river to Changsha.—Reuter, Tokio, July 7.
Fifteen representatives of—the Chyanbers of Commerce of nine ding cities, with Mr. Sozo Nishikawa, the Vice-President of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce, as leader, ave leaving for Shanghai on July 9 for the purpose of attending the sessions of the Shanghai Japanese Chamber of Commerce investigating the boycott situation. The boycott is believed to be responsible for an unprecedented change in Sino-Japanese trade, the June figures for which show an excess of imports into Japan of over Y. 4,500,600.—Reuter.
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