'The anti-Japanese boycott move-fits, the Chinese General Chamber Iment revived here three weeks ago Jot Commerce for Greater Shanghai ig receiving the support of the has issued. a warning to. the Greater Shanghai Chinese General Grocers' Guild against this practice Chamber of Commerce, the leading land threatening to expel the Guild Tocal commercial organisation com from membership in the Chamber Posed of over 150 Chinese trade the warning is ignored, guilds.
'The Chamber recently received a Stating that certain Chinese letter from the anti-Japanese shipowners are purchasing and "organisation known as the "Traitor using Japanese coal, to the detri-fous Merchants' Activities Investiga: ment of the Chinese coal industry, with their busi tion Group," alleging that Mr, Ssu Chien-yuan, a leading rice merchant Seamen's Union and the Pilots! owning a chain of rice shops at Union have written to the Shanghai Shanghai, hud acted as an agent fo Chinese Shipowners Association rethe sale of Japanese rice and requesting that-body to conduct an questing that a thorough investiga. investigation so as to determine who tion be conducted by the Chamber's fave the traitors and punish them ficial into the quantity and the accordingly. value of the Japanese rice and Numerous cirewlar letters are other grains now' being stored. in the Merchant's godowns off Sinza being sent round by the) diferent nese organisations calling upon Road. the people to resist Japan to the More Chinese shops have reesived juimost in order to save China from warnings from the anti-Japanese fextinetion. The Chinese people are terrorists who designate themselves urged to swear on oath (1) never 'a5 members. of. the. "Iron again to purchase Japanese. goods Group," the "Federation of (2) never again to sell goods. to al Salvation Ten-Men Group," ete.
Japanese; (3) to remember the in-In a letter to the Restaurant, Pro-Jdignities which China has' suffered prietors Association, the "Iron fat'the hands of the Japanese and Blood Group" warns the resolve to take revenge; and (4) dation's members not to deal {to maintain the boycott for ever. Japanese goods and. threatens to Bomb Throwing Cases Fesort to violence should the. warn-'The suspended sentence imposed ing have been ignored. A letter of avsimilar nature was delivered by the Second Special District Court Jon Aug. 11 on Yung Wei-fung, who threw a bomb on August 5 into the and it was accompanied by bullet, he chants', Association Mow Chang Cotton Cloth shop at Chinese Chamber Issues Warning 347 Boulevard des Deux Republiques Alleging that it has come to their indicates a phase in anti-Japanese notice that certain merchants, activities that are being carried on Bers of the Chinese Grocers" Guid at present.
ave been importing. large quan: Yang's. bomb-throwing exploit is tithes of Japanese goods which they lone of several which have occurred fare selling to people ignorant. of recently. In some cases bombs their origin and! making huge pro-which failed to explode were thrown, while on one occasion a bullet was jept In an envelope as a warning
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