Canton and Local Kuomintang Departments Considering Campaign Against British Goods: Plan Aimed at Japan Also for Landing Troops Fae Ovm Ows Canton; June 8
An anti-Japanese boycott is threatening because of the despatch of troops to Shantung. Propagai nda in support of the movement begins on Sunday by military headquarters and various private societies, Responsible Chivese believe Marshal Chang Tso-lin and ave reaching Peking. that the Japanese are helping trying to prevent the Cantonese Another society is agitating: for the renewal of the anti-British. important riveting of the Propaganda and Commercial Departments of the local Kuomintang, was beld in Shanghai on Wednesday Jafternoon to discuss the possibilities Jand the advisability to instituting an anti-British boycott.
Following the usual Kuomintang ceremony—three minutes' silence, reading of the will of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and bows to his portrait—Chen Te-cheng, chief of the Propaganda Department (which, by the way, is an official Government department), rea a decision from the minutes of the Central Ex-of the Kuominmittee had decided to start, on a large scale, un anti-British boycott and had requested the two departments which were meeting that day to take the matter up. Mr. Chen pointed out that the calling of a boycott was a very serious matter and it would have a great bearing fon local business centres. It would, hho said, therefore, not be wise to take any hasty or drastic action unless the members of the two a partments concerned had considera the matter and had reached a +horough understand of the situation to formulate plans for the, discussion, the following: resolutions were passed:
That, in regard to the methods fof carrying on the boycott, the Commercial Department be request Jed te draw up plans for the inspection of commodities of local merchants, now in stock, investigate the amount of British goods ordered lby Chinese merchants which have not yet arrived in Shanghai, pervade Chinese merchants never again. to attempt to import or sell British goods, to appeal to the! Chinese people never to use British rhoda tt ne native products, and that, as to anti-Bri paganda, the Propagania. Depart ment be requested to'draw up plans for carrying on propaganda on an extensive scale, urging the people never to use British goods again aad organizing an unti-British Union. orders, forbidding all goverment Nationalist to issue decided to usk tho}
ud Kuomintang members use British goods.
Japan ax Well! connexion with the a British boycott, a number of local derstood to have manifesto agitating for festo, the writers say ion of the Japanese Gor n despatching troops to on the 21 Demands the Chinese people do not remain united to fight Japanese entirely under Jupanese control. The only weapon they can result to, therefore, is a boycott, 20 they Jappeal to the people throughout the Jeountry to sever all ecunomie reli Japan and the Jupanese
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