When the boycott was at. first proposed, the merchants ordered extensive quantities of goods from Japan, in anticipation of all this, The authorities showed an inclination to prevent the boycott, appre-lating, no doubt, that it woud fizzle out as others "had done. This attitude onused the merchants much uneasiness, They stood to Rose considerable money. Eventually, it was agreed to carry on with th until such time as surplus had been got rid of. So the wi) thing really amounted to this, that the boycott was nota popular, patriotic movement, but, one involving dollars and cent The Usual Procedure At Kialat, to-day, a large number of soldiers wore posted along certain routes with instructions to hold up pedestrian traffic. Your correspondent's residence fell within the proscribed—radius and, " upon returning from the post office he was stopped by four sentries and told to keep away for at least three hours. Eventually, a Junior offteer permitted your correspondent to go home, but with the injunction that he did 6o quickly. The sentries all had their bay-oners fixed. Tt later transpired that, all this fuss was due to the fact that some high military personage or other was paying a visit to a friend in the district!
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