In Hongkong, the authorities have ide clear their attitude that tations of boycott which in-lably lead to a breach of public peace cannot be permissible. The battle of hate between Chinese and Tapanesé must not be carried on in British territory. Tt will be. recalled that by virtue of the Emergency Regulations which prohibit bombastic outbursts in the vernacular press against Japan, all expressions of resentment towards that country were forcibly suppress ed. Soap "box orators Who. sent forth seething tirades against the Japanese Empire were. from their perches and hauled to the Central Police Station, Eloquent and witty lawyers were retained for their defence, but their pleas were fruitless with the result that their clients were either sentenced to imprisonment of obligto pay heavy fines, Thus ends the Hongkong phase of the boycott. It appears extremely unlikely that fresh outbreaks will occur in the near future, The local agitations were created largely by Communists hiding here, but a good many of them have left for other places. The colony is mo longer a haven of refuge for these human pests, for only last week fourteen muspécted communists were sent hack to Canton. The life of a suspected "Communist ig" not worth an hour's purchase in that city for only a few days ago a pretty nurse in Kung Yee Hospital was executed just because her name appeared in a list of Communi Youths discovered by the "poi To save their skin, the local "Reds deem it wise to keep quite.
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