The Archive · 1927

LOCAL JAPANESE CHAMBER'S RESOLUTION

Shanghai, July 19.

'The local Japanese Chamber of Commerce, as a result of a meeting of officers' of the Chamber held this afternoon in connection with the anti-Japanese movements being conducted in. Shanghai and elawhere passed a resolution, which was subsequently telegraphed to Baron Tanaka, the Premier, as well as to the Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and the Nikko Jitsugyo Kyokai, an association of business men interested in China trade, 'A literal translation of the resolution is as follows:

"Towards the anti-Japanese movements which ha set on foot.

various districts in South China with Shanghai as the centre since Inst month, on the pretext of protesting against the despatch of Japanese troops to Shantung, we have taking a very generous attitude and walting for voluntary reflection by the Chinese people.

"But, judging from the existing situation, it is quite evident that the present anti-Japanese movements are of a political nature with communistic colouring, although they claim that the movements are popular ones,

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

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