Asked whether or not the Nation-jon to carry out and whether or not the 4 would be able to carry on activities in the International Settlement and the French Concession without interference from the Municipal and French Police, the member of the Association stated: "While we can't say whether or not the National Government and the authorities of the foreign concessions will allow us to carry on our activities, we are determined" to enforce @ boycott of Japanese goods purely out of patriotic motives and We are confident that we shal achieve great success because we are backed by public opinion' which is far more powerful than anything else, Should any merchants dealing in japanese goods refuse to abide by, the anti-Sapanese regulation they will be dealt with by the 0 41,000 commercial organizations and Inbour union of Shanghai which are supporting the objects of the Anti-Japanese Association.'
in, conclusion, the member told the "North-China Daily News" that the present boycott movement would different from that following the king Road incident in 1925 in that, in 1925, merchants dealing in Japanese goods were allowed to) continue importing Japanese goods after making " contribution in the form of a fine to the Salvation Foundation Fund, whereas the Anti-Japanese Association just formed will refuse to accept any fines from merchants found guilty of violating -Tapanese regulation'
The executive committee of the which will establish ge headquarters in the Temple of the Goddess of Heaven, North Honan Road, just debind the Greater Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, to-day, consists, ax already reported, of a membership of 37 representing several hundred Chit organizations and I cluding the Chinese 'Chamber' Gommerce, the Chinese Ratepayers Association, the Shanghai Postal Employees Union, ete.
Last week-and, the Association sent a telegram to Nanking and the various provinces, informing the National "Government of its in. auguration on the 13th instant and appealing to the Chinese people for: their support in the boycott movement, Tokyo, July 18, Anticipating extraordinarily heavy' exports of Japanese goods to China before the anti-Japanese econo! boycott becomes fully effective in China, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the largest of Japanese ship operating companies, to-day decided to add a number of" vessels to. the fleet Which flies between Japanese and Chinese ports, Traffic to China before the boy-scott is in full force is expected to be exceptionally heavy. The Taian Maru is a new ship which has been added to the Japan-China service. The Chikuzen Maru of the Nemuro-Shanghai line is under orders to touch at Osaka and Kobe to load additional cargo for Shanghai.
Sapanese exporters during the! next few weeks are expected to ship lange quantities of cotton goods, flannel and sugar to China. It is believed that anticipation of an up. turn in silver values is also parti responsible for the expected incre: of Japanese exports to China.—United Press, Shanghai, July 19.
With the official announcement yesterday by the local Anti Japanese Association of the four
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