To the Editor of the "Nowri-Cinna Dany News"
Sm—Referring to your to-day's [leader, it may not have struck you that it is more than possible that the 4 Japanese military are intentionally preventing the restoration of factory premises, and hence the consequent paralization of industry? Seeing. that Japan's main interest is the China "buying market; and, having now occupied most of the Chisia ports and Customs Offices, through a preferential taritt Japan will be able to flood China "(especially Shanghai) with their goods, in the absence of Chinese manufactured goods, If there is any other reason why the military are hampering the revival on industry Jaround Shanghai, what is it? Cer-fairly nothing connected with the "incident." There is no conflict no: danger around Shanghai, The Japanese military authorities have algo invited the Chinese masses that evacuated Chapel and Nantao to return to their "homes" in those dis: lets, Seeing however that only.the walls are standing up, roofless, with chaos all round, where' are the masses woing to live? And even if. the Japanese military undertook to rebuild the homes, all factories having been destroyed, how or where could the masses find' means to live? sincere' about the welfare of the 1 the Japanese military are reutty
hunéredg' of thousands of destitute mare effective than invitations ornises would We ad, viz. instead of obstructing the reconstruction they might "give every. facility to. ai Shanghailanders, Including' the se: fagees, to enable the quiele rebuilding thousands of factories, and. thus {enable the molges to obtain work.
Such an act would very fikely slave the universally threatened Boycott ftainst Japanese" industry! ts there hata Law of Compensation "that toner or dater erept in and: tevele things?
[Shangial, Dec. 1
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