gentlemon deny having had any connection with the boycott
movement either hare or in Hongkong.
Hr. Ian Tze Kai, who was educated in Amorica and
wears foreign clothes, is a dentist in Canton wich a
considerable foreign practice. Mr. Tsu Yau Luk is the
pastor in charge of the native church affiliated to the
London Mission in Canton.
I have, unofficially, brought the cases of Tessrs
Lau and Tse to the notice of the Governor of Hongkong, and
His Excellency informs me that if they will publish in
the Chinese newspapers in Mongkong a notice stating that
they have no connection or sympathy with the boycott of
Japanese goods, he will reconsider their orders of banish-
mont.
In the case of "r. Tsang Yau Po (
), one of
the principal Tientsin shippers in Hongkong, wgainst whom
an order of banishment has also been issued, two repres-
entatives of the largest native piece good hongs in
Canton waited upon me a few days ago and asked for my
good offices in obtaining the withdrawal of the banishment
order
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