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procession carried along with them all products that had
been so certified. Sime then a notification has been
is sued by the Commissioners of Education, enjoining all students to wear native cloth, and pamphlets have been
published by the Municipal Propaganda Department urging
the use of all-native goods. A letter has also been
addressed to ladame Chiang Kai-shek as the first lady of
the land to enlist her support for the movement. it is
as yet too early to ascertain whether this campaign will
lead to any serious falling off in the demand for foreign
piece-goods.
5.
The Man Kwok Yat Po, a leading Canton newspaper
in its issues of the 17th and 18th of April, refers in
somewhat acid terms to the conclusion of negotiations for
the rendition of Wei Hai Wei. The paper says England
only offered to return this territory at the Washington
Conference because she was afraid of reasonable criticism
and that her promises have up to now proved to be empty talk. No other paper went beyond publishing the text of
the treaty.
6. The last three weeks have seen the price of rice mount higher than it had been for the last six years. Contributory causes to the rise in price have been reduced production in Southern China on account of political unrest and disorder and the increased cost of purchase from Indo-China and Siam on account of the fall in silver,
together with a succession of bad harvests.
7.
Piratical outrages continue to be reported from the West River.Delta. On the 25th April a junk, which
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