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Chairman of a body styling itself the Chinese Commercial
Union, applied, in the letter of which a copy is enclosed,
for my permission for the Union to hold public meetings in
connection with the question as to what action should be
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taken by the Chinese in this Colony in regard to the Boy-
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-cott movement.
4.
After discussing the matter with
the Chinese Members of Council who were strongly opposed
to the proposed meetings being allowed and were of opinion
that the "boycott" was not wanted by any respectable mer-
-chant here, and that the proposal to enforce it was due
entirely to the difficulty of resisting pressure from
Shanghai unless the Government put its face against the
movement, I caused the letter of which I annex a copy to
be sent to Mr. Fung Wa Chun. No exception was taken any-
-where to this action of the Government.
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Some placards intended to be of-
-fensive to Mr. Fung Wa Chun were posted in the town and
removed by the Police who in one instance secured a con-
-viction against the offender.
6.
On the 2nd. instant my attention
was called to a picture and letter-press which had appear-
-ed
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