ITo the Editor of the Nomru-Cuina -Datty News."
Si—As one who has read with interest and appreciation your com-|4, ments on the development of events since the trouble between China and JJapan broke out in Manchuria last autumn, may I be permitted to offer on the leader headed your issue of to-day.
feel that the attitude you adopt towards the new boycott: organi: tion now organised is rather too severe and less easy to approve.
As T understand it, the object lof the new orgar'sation is to achieve by entirely peaceful methods the objects previously sought by a policy of violence and intimidation.
If we agree, as we must, that it is hopeless for' China to attempt by military methods to resist Japanese military aggression, and agree, us we should, that it is not to Ibe expected that China will take such action lying down, it seems that her only way of effectively impressing upon the Japanese. people the consequences "of their Hnability or unwillingness to, control the actions of their military rst take the form of a refusal to Japanese goods.
T recognise fully that boycotts in [China have in the past often been applied quite unjustifiably against foreign trading interests, but the present situation cannot' be dis missed with the observation:
turn to-day, our turn to-It any other nation had Jina as the Japanese have Jdone during the past year, would that nation expect the Chinese People to go on buying their goods?
Tf indeed the new boycott organi ation is intended to defeat and place the forces of violence and intimidation by a process of peaceful Tis, 984 for September and Wheat Green Tea: Chunmees-a at, the close of the same day at Ts.
1564 propaganda urging the people of h/chests have changed hands dur-China' to. refrain from buying
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