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residents to sell or to purchase Japanese goods if they do

not desire to do so. Mr. Taft at the time of the American

Boycott clearly laid down the limitations beyond which the

American Government could not go in its efforts to put an

end to that Boycott, and the Japanese Government cannot I

think fail to recognise that this Colony has, (perhaps at

some risk to British Trade, and certainly at the cost of

ii

considerable apprehension among the commercial population)

acted up to the full extent of those limitations.

RI

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Жидачоў

Governor,&c.

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