Hongkong, June 26.
In a leading article today, the "South China Morning Post" says that the occupation of Swatow is liable to affect Hongkong more than China.
The occupation of this port, the newspaper asserts, has—as in the e of Nanking, Canton and Hankcw—been again described as a "death blow to China," but China is taking an unconscionable time in dying.
On the other hand, Hongkong is bound to feel the draught, as it is dependent on Swatow for some of its food and fruit supply and part of its import and export trade, including tourists' shopping goods.
Swatow has also always been a valuable port of call for Hongkong ships. Thus, the "South China Morn. ing Post" declares, the Colony's invisible exports are also threatened.
These ill-effects, it adds, depend largely upon Japan's ability to bluff arid bully Great Britain—Reuter.
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