Aug. 19.
The Japanese Consul-General has done the community in [Shanghai a service by making to the Mayor of Greater Shanghai jo formal protest against the intensified revival of the ant Japanese boycott movement. He indicates thereby the reality of ithe attention paid to that move-Jment in the quarters against which it is primarily aimed. Mayor has already indicated his desire to suppress illegal associa-lions in the territory under the control of his Municipality. The Japanese Consul-General's "note should strengthen his hands. There is little doubt that the lamazing- folly of the Chinese [Chamber of Commerce in giving its open support to the boycott Ihas gravely accentuated the dificuities of the situation. Another adverse factor is the agitation proceeding over thie hal of the alleged bomb-thrower.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.