So far only tramp ships are affected and it is thought that the coastwise trade will be paralysed. though ocean trade will not be very seriously affected. There is a fecling of confidence that exchange will not.be affected by the tie-up since larger percentage of the foreign trade of Japan is handled by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha and foreign vessels. There is very small possibility' of the crews walking out; all of them stand by their vessels, but refuse to move their shi So far, there has been only one case of violence, this occurring on board the Yasukuni Maru of the Yamshita Kisen Kaisha which arrived in Yokohama from Viadivostol: yesterday, when the chief of the Yokohama Branch of the Seamen's Union was attacked by a gang of Tongshoremen ax he was giving the ere of the Yasukuni Mari orders to strike and to stop unloading any cargo. This was due to the waterfront labourers entertaining appre-pensions that the orders to stop unloading cargo will recoil on ther and cause them loss of work.
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