This Reuter telegram is quite unfounded, according to Mr. T. Punatau, of" the Japanese Col: ten Atitowners Assecation tu Mr." Funatsu states on September 11 he called upon Mr. Chang to enquire how the Chinese Government proposed to dispose of the cotton in question, "Mr. Chang informed' him that he had been given to understand that it was the Govern-meet's intention to sell} cotton in the open market on purely commercial basis. "This Information was passed on to Mr, Funatsu's head office, but hho cannot explain how the incorrect report. came to be
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