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Tuose taking part in the massed choir- that is ing Perosi's of, and Per-ihat Mater" are request-afternoon's Shanghai people may hereafter be deprived of the chance of buying furs, sea products, wine, animal tonics, sugar and many other goods abundantly produced in the former four northeastern provinces now known as Manchoukuo as the Ministry of Economics of the Chinese National Government in Chungking has issued an order forbidding all Chinese merchants to deal in them.
The order has been sent to all Chinese Chambers of Commerce which have been required to notify all trade associations of the importance and strictness of the order. The order was published by all leading Chinese newspapers in Shanghai yesterday and it will no doubt seriously affect many business houses if they faithfully carry it out.
Those violating the new order should be punished by their respective trade associations and reported to the Government. It is clearly mentioned in the order that this rule should apply to Shanghai merchants also.
The new order is only a supplementary order issued by the same ministry in November of last year which virtually amounts to an official movement for boycotting Japanese goods. Twenty four kinds of goods produced in the four provinces are be dealt in the "domes-merchants are not allowed to "import" them, but it does not specify whether or not they can export them.
Besides the above-mentioned goods, the following goods are mentioned in the order; nuts, fruits, tobacco, lumber and wooden articles, glass, canned foodstuffs, silk, paper, cotton and cotton weaving articles cosmetics, coal, beans, toys, bricks and tiles and "all other things worn or used by the people."
There is little doubt that secret Chinese boycott agents are working in Shanghai although it is difficult to find out whether or not they are official. In quite a big advertisement published by the "Sin Wan Pao" yesterday, a Chinese factory manager whose factory and residence are supposed to be located in the Settlement replied to letters sent by one Mr. Ssu Ying-chung.who alleged that he has been dealing in "enemy goods." He swore that he had no dealing with the "enemy" and asked the letter writer to investigate carefully so that no harm will come to him. His name and the name of his factory were all withheld from publication, Extortioners Pose as
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