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vernacular press contained a report that the
boycott organization at Wuchow proposed to include
British goods in retaliation for the mission of
the Shanghai Defence Force. I have asked His
Majesty's Consul-General at Canton to enquire
into the grounds for this statement, which has
no confirmation in local business circles. I
do not myself believe that Canton can afford a
fresh boycott of British goods in addition to Japanese. Her trade, and with it her income, would suffer too greatly. Should the extremists,
however, regain control of the South any fanatical
move, however self-destructive, might be attempted.
The strike of the officers of the China
5.
Navigation Company's fleet shews no signs of settlement, but as anticipated in my last despatch.
other tonnage has been made available and there has
been no rise in freights.
6. I enclose for your information the
following translations from the Chinese press:-
(a) From the Wah Taz Yat Po, Hong Kong, of the
9th May, purporting to be an open letter to the
people of China by Marshal Tseung Kai-shek on the
distinction between Dr. Sun's "Three Principles"
and Bolshevism.
(b) From the Tsun Yan Yat Po of the 31st May, reporting a statement by General Yeung Yü-t'ing (#), one of Marshal Chang Tso-lin's
most trusted commanders, on the sins of Russia
and the Fengtien programe. It is chiefly
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