Shanghai, June 17.
The Kwangtung authoriiles, ina Note handed yesterday (o the Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Tatsuo Kawai, in reply to his protest against the fanti-Japanese movement In Kwan; tung, flatly retused (o suppress antly Japanese activities in the province.
The above prefaced "a Reuter message from Canton, received late ast night, which continued—"The reply, made through Mr. Kan [Chia-hou, the Foreign Commissioner, states that the authorities, in a cordance with international law and Sino-Japanese treaties, shall accord full protection to Japanese residents and asks the Japanese Consul-Generul /not to worry on that account. emphasizes, however, that authorities' cannot prohibit ant
represent the manifestation of the activities, because they people's will and the natural reaction Japan's aggressive acts in Manchuria, Jehol, North China, and Shanghai since the Mukden incident.
"The only thing for Japan to do, the reply adds. Is to change her aggressive tactics of the last five years, which have aroused the hose lity' of the Chinese people. If this Is done, the anti-Japanese movement would automatically subside and /Sino-Japanese relations would become more cordial.
wangtung's strong reply to Japan is expected to have grave reper cussions. Uneasiness has also been caused by an official report from Nanning expressing fears that a punlstation, This action receipt by the Consular reports that 22 school-children been. the victims of stone-throwe Yesterday morning. Japanese women ud children here have been molested by Chinese in iner since the outbreak of anti-Japanese agitation throughout Kwangst ana Kwangtung—Domet,
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