While during the last few months jin other places there have been violent anti-Japanese student disftarbances, the city of Wenchow has jin comparison enjoyed security and quiet. That is not to say that the local student organisations are not Jot sympathy with the National student. bodice, but only that the nationalistic enthusiasm and anti ties permitted by the local authorities, The students have not been idle. They have been in close ce-operation ith the National Salvation Soe organising the boycott, and schools bringing. the ment, already "not. inconspicuous, the fore. Thus. every sche! ow "organized on the. Hines of a military. camp, and as" an enrolling station' for student Squads of boys who enlist voluntarily a young soldiers, and drill together faith dummy rifles. A bugler has 1e-laced the school ell to announce changes of classes.
the libraries, spread on the conspicuous tables' and hung along the walls are maps and books dear with the Manchurian situation, all detrimental to Japan. In the displays ictorially, and With lavish use substances of this library literature.
very now and again there aye shore holidays in the senior middle schools 20 a1 to enable the students find staff to propagate the facts, of frame of the facts of the situation to the illiterate by means of public meetings, and also to make a tour Jof the shops confiscating or sealing op all goods made in Japan, Even the wee mites of the primary' schools have done their bit. One' hardly knew whether to laugh or to ery at the not infrequent sight of little fellows, probably not yet advanced beyond' the third National Reader, Jcongregating together at street corners with the avowed intention, jas I gathered from their baby. speeches and slogans, of urging to badge of national Finally, and most are now in khaki uni-
One result of the boycott has queen to make money scarce, Shop keepers with their money sealed up unsaleable Japanese goods have been borrowing at a scale of interest from the mon re themselves getting
jas the situation is prolonged. Even have no sale ong if the Uanks come to the aid of the smaller money concerns money will continue to be scarce, with inter ference to. trade, and disaster to There have been a few incidents, Jabsurd and serious, connected with ti 'An incident with some hi our in it' suggests fa revival of the old Englis the pillory, We discovering. that in shop. was selling "Japanese is by subterfuge, threatened to filsclose the fact. Later he agreed sell them a. promise of silence for $00. All this was somehow discovered by the police. The result teas that the shop Tost all its Japans ese goo, in addition to. the $00, fand the blackmailer was frst Gned, fang then condemned to the tub for halt-an-hour every afternoon, This tub was thereafter st each appointed fume set in the public square before the andniate! the eceypant sand forthe full, no doubt, his sudden ing in Rup to his armpits enjoying
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