The foreign merchants in Hongkong other than the Japanese are jubilant at the boycott. British, American, and German firms have done a lot of business this fortnight.
British concerns have received many orders for piece goods and cotton yarns to be shipped from Manchester and Lancashire, These firms at Home have suffered much ess on account of Japantse competition, the latter products being cheaper but of inferior quality. 'A. prominent British merchant told your correspondent that Chinase dealers are skeptical about the future of Japanese trade in South China. They do not know but what the boycott will become stricter, or how long it will lest: 30 it is safe to order goods from Burope at the present moment, Appeal for Tsinan Sufferers Mr. Ho Sai-yue, a lead Chinese business man, has mi "an appeal for assistance to relieve the sufferers in Tsinan. In a letter to the Tung Hua Hospital, he states that in the recent fighting in that city' many houses and a were either badly damaged or destroyed, and an a result many people. specially the poorer ones are out employment or homeless and on verge of starvation. Ho suggests that thd Hospital should take the lead in gathering money by public subscription. He cites the example of Singapore where the Pevple have collected a large sum for this and Purposes. similar
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