Two representatives the Japanese firm of Mitsui barely escaped drowning at the hands of another band of boycott enthusiasts when they tried to board a Japanese vessel in the harbour. All but Gov ernment communication with the Japanese steamers in port is. for-hidden by the students and both an army and navy are detailed to see that the prohibition is rigidly enforced. Except for officers of the Customs, the Postal Service and the Military Tax Bureau, ud one is permitted either to board or leave a Japanese ship. These two gentlemen set out in a sampan after dark to take ashore two visiting representatives of the firm. They were at once assailed with a rain of stones. The Chinese sampan crew deserted in fright. One of the two men succeeded in scrambling ashore with only a wetting, but the sampan drifted off into the current with the ' other, alone.
Even in daylight, to navigate the rapids before the city here is a hazardous business; after dark it is attempted only by skilful oarsmen. The craft was therefore ati once abandoned as lost, much to the delight of the students. By skilful handling of the oar, however, the occupant steered through the whirlpools and into a_backwater half a mile downwards. By further skilful handling of hig purse he was rescued by a group of coolies and paddled back to thd city. Protests to the city authorities'on the day following elicited only polite expressions of regret.
The postal sampan algo drew students fire this week when the crew attempted to take ashore the compradore of a Japanese steamer. The compradore was a relative of one of the men in the service and was going ashore on personal business. He was seized and paraded through the streets as a national menace and the members of the sampin crew were severely beaten.
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