-Generalissimo's Peace Suggesti ion Praised by Southern "Newspapers: Gen, Chiang Kai-shek Censured Faoxt Our Owx Hongkong, Ma; The Hongkong merchants who deal exclusively in Japanese goods have notified their ayonts or seller® in Japan not to ship any more Japanese goods to this port on account of the local resentment over the Tsinan affair, These merchants fare not prompted by patriotic rea-goas, but fear that public: feeling Against Japan is so strong in South China that they would be unable to dispose Japanese goods in Hongkong and other parts of South China, The Chinese in this Colony are very indignant at the action of the Fapanese forces in Shantung, although they have no definite me formation on the rights or wrongs fof the matter. Hitherto the dealers in Japanese commodities Hongkong have supplied—these goods not only to local consumers Dut to consumers {n Canton, Kong moon, Fatshan, and various other towns in Kuangtung and Koangsi, The people in those eitfes and towns. have declared a boycott of Japa ikoods, Dealers in this merchandise have wired to their offices in Japan that as long as these agitations are maintained they have no. prospect fof securing a market in South China, Although General Li Chi-son has forbidden any antiJapaneso monstration or speeches, the popu-Ince in Canton are no less stirred. No. systematic, plan "to boycott Japanese seeds' is in force as the Government is afraid that the Communists will stop in to create trouble with Japanese residents and others. Nevertheless, a voluntary: Boycott will be carried out. Ail Japanese goods in the Canton market are shipped from Hongkong, and the Canton dealers have notified their Hongkong offices not to vend any more such foods to Canton Being in a British Colony, the Chinese here have not stage? any. demonstrations against what is now tung, but they dover what they rend in. the local Chinese press. What they read is of course the Chinese version of the trouble, such Recent developments seem to have upset this theory altogether. Certainly, the Japanese -war preparations along. the China coast. during the past few days are somethin more than'for°the protection of the Fengtien Party: and so-lin, the stabber announced his intention of putting civil war aside to. fight a common enemy. We venture to say that the proposal of Chang Tso-lin ix sincere and in such a big crisis we All hope it-is—he will have all the sympathy and goodwill of all his people on his side'
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