Peculiar Elements of Strength at Hankow Hankow, Aug. 16.
The anti-Japanese agitators of Wuhan have notified the Chinese authorities of Hupeh that the rupture of economic relations between Japan and China will be kept alive until Port Arthur and Dairen are returned to China. Upward of 2,000 Chinese students have to-day made a demonstration through: the streets of the Chinese Town.
The rumour that the new President of the United States will hereafter render more assistance to China than heretofore is being freely circulated among the Chinese people here. This rumour is tending ta raise the spirits of anti japanese agitators. Owing to the fact that 62 anti-Japanese organizations have strengthened their union, the commerce of Japanese merchants is absolutely at an end and the situation is on the verge of a crisis. Cases are happening one after another in which Japanesa goods are being plundered by anti-Japanese agitators. The situation in connexion with the anti japanese movement is thus assuming a very dangerous aspect.>Eastern-News Agency.
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