As has happened -before, the Chinese of North China appear to he taking the proposal for a boycott of Japanese goods for more seriously than those of Shanghai, where nothing in this direction has been done proportionate to the amount of talk in the Chinese papers. In Tientsin, according to the "North China Star," the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has interested itself in the boycott and it is to extend to crockery, hides, paper, exchange shops, grain, drugs, hats and shoes. There is not impossibly some exaggeration in this report, but if there is enough talk, a good many people will be induced to stop buying Japanese goods and student demonstrations will intimidate good many more. We have no earthly reason for wishing the Chinese to buy Japanese goods any
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