Tientsin, Feb. 11.
A. petition, seconded by the Japanese Consul General in Tientsin, has been sent to the Japanese Government by the Tientsin Japanese Chamber of Commerce, drawing Tokyo's attention to the general shortage of merchandise in North China as a result of regulations uniting Japanese exports to the countries of the Yen Bloc, the Keishin Nichi-Nichi Shimbun, a Tientsin Japanese language news-
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The petition points out the ever-increasing cost of goods in North China as a result of the shortage, and requests the government to revise the restricting limitations. The paper points out that the limitation of Japanese exports, if continued, will have unfavourable repercussions on the economic system of North China.
—Havas.
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