CO129-349 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [10-12] — Page 584

Sub-enclosure to Enclosure 7

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Extract from the "An Ya Pao" of 6th.Nov.1908

A CIRCULAR NOTICE BY THE

SELF GOVERNMENT SOCIETY

We have frequer tly observed in the native press that

since the 9th. moon (September October) Chinese feeling

in Hongkong and other foreign ports has been roused to a

high pitch of exasperation and that ears have been cut off

and fighting has occurred. It was stated yesterday in the foreign press that false rumours had spread to the effect

that the Japanese had received numerous orders for goods

from the Southern provinces, and that the Japanese had exultingly been making lanterns in the shape of fishes and animals without tails, besides several tens of thousands

of Japanese lanterns to use in street processions. these was written in large characters "China defeated". The

become Hongkong Chinese in con sequence had, it was stated, greatly exés excited and had looted and destroyed Japanese

goods.

On

Now the progress made by our country during the last few years has been very rapid and on the most enlightened

lines.

This is generally recognized both in China and abroad. Even therefore if the statements of the foreign newspapers had been true, we should merely have put up with the insult and borne our burden with untiring sted- fastness. We certainly ought not to have allowed ourselves to become excited and given cause for our nation being called unciviliged. At the present time Hongkong has been restored to order and all are behaving peaceably, but we hear that the turbulent ruffians who were responsible have left org kong, and that it will not be difficult for them to collect at Canton and start further disorderly

riots.

All patriots should therefore do their utmost to pre-

vent this.