A word about the boycott. This has been claimed by Mr. Eugene Chen, of Nationalist notoriety, to be fan invincible weapon in the hand of his countrymen; and there has been a disposition to admit the claim by foreigners who have been pressed by the effect on the Japanese of the boycott of 1919 against the! occupation of Shantung, and by that of 1025-6 against the British of Hongkong, following the shooting incidents of May 30 and June 23. But these manifestations were directed by organizations of individuals who were probably moit x and certainly encouraged by the stituted authorities, and who followed the methods of picketing, punishment, and other forms violence which have become classical in the coercion of "blacklegs" in labour disputes, both in the East and the West." So that it is impossible to say with what degree of spontaneity the boycotts were sustained. The British of Hong-ong are firmly of the opinion that, if the pickets had been restrained from the confiscation and sale of British goods and the imposition of enormous blackmail upon vessels which visited Hongkong, making the whole movement a very profitable one for them, and if the Cantonese had not been able to obtain supplice and of the people for supplies would have made the boycott futile. The possibility of success of a widespread boycott against a Power or group!
Powers offecting an occupation cof China is more of less speculative, bat the success of an attempt which would be officially discouraged and in which methods of intimidation would be prevented carmot be argued from the experience of 1919 and 1025, in which these methods had fall play and official sympathy.
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