Canton, Aug. 7. few agitators are making things bad down here. They should stop and consider that there are 61,000
Chinese in Japan proper, Korea and Formosa. Never have they been molested by the Government or the people. But if these agitators keep on, what may the reaction be where these 61,000 are living at-present in peace?" Consul-General Nakamura, who yesterday granted an interview to your correspondent, was not so much indignant as sad when he reflected what the consequences of the anti-Japanese movement that is growing in intensity may be. A boycott and a strike cannot serious effect Japan as a Whole. Both will cause suffering to the few Japanese living in Canton. And in the long run it may make it very unpleasant for the Chinese living in Japanese territory.
The Chinese Government is takin: a very serious view of the dissemina tion of false information, causing un-easingness and even a growing belief that Canton will likely be bombarded from the air. Five of these rumourmongers have been overheard remarking that the Japanese " have seized the island of Nan O, off the Kuangtung coast close to Fukien, and detectives took them to headquarters for questioning. If they' cannot establish the fact that they in turn heard this story and believed it, and did not themselves' manufacture it,
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