Hongkong, July 2.
Continuously harassed by the Japanese Navy in Kwangtung waters, the fishing community has suffered a loss of 10,000 lives and $20,000,000, including the destruction of over a thousand fishing boats, -since the declaration of the blockade in September, according to Chinese reports.
Over 30,000 fishermen are said to be without means of livelihood, and this matter is engaging the serious attention of General Li Han-wan, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government.
It is learned that the Kwangtung Provincial Government has asked the fishermen to change to farming or other occupations. If they have to carry on their present calling, care must be taken to avoid Japanese ships and not to give them an excuse for firing on fishing vessels. Very little salt water fish is now being sold in the Chungshan and other districts, despite their proximity to the sea.—Reuter,
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