Canton, May 18. With the conference' of South China' Japanese consuls io Formosa Spproaching, the authorities in Can-toa are giving the closet attention {ote Japanese activities in. various titles ta South. China, and are cone Sidering measures to. cope with Situation that might. be created by Possible. Japanese action in South China "The vernacular newspapers under-sand that the South-west authorities intend to establish the friendliest re-
Intions with thave countries "having colonies" bordering "on. 'Kuantung, Such s Great Britain' and France, fsa step to deal. with Japan's me reins fs South China, sitached tothe. proposed visit this connection much importance
the Governor of Anam to. Kuangst ext month, and also to the negotiations with the British authorities for the revision of. the' Canton-Kowloon Railway agreement, These facts, together with the recent' exchange of vista" between Brith and Chinese high, oficial, movement to strengthen friendship between Great Britain and China in this area.
The vernacular newspapers also fave prominence to reports. from Foochow, stating that the conference of Japanese consuls includes, firstly, the question concerning passports for Formosans migrating to China: second, the extension of Formosa's trade fo South China; and third, the policy regarding Foochow and Amoy in view of the possible imigration of thousands of Formosans to Fukien.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.