The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-27
CHINA SEES SPITE
In PEST EMBARGO
People Say Japanese Are Pun
ishing Them for Trade
Boycott.
NIPPoNEsE FEEL PINCH
Rice Scarcity and General Food
Shortage Causes Unrest
Among Workers.

Special Service to the Far East Section
Of THE SUN.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 25.-An outbreak OF
cholera at Foochow has caused Japan 70
place quarantine on Shanghai, although
ships coming to this port do not touch
at Foochow. II is claimed here that
the Japanese are taking advantage OF
the opportunity to punish this place be-
cause of the attitude Of the merchants
and students toward the Land OF the
Cherry Blossoms. The Chinese are hop
ing there will soon be sufficient Ameri-
can ships on the Pacific to handle their
trade 30 they will not be dependent on
the Japanese Foreign Ofice.
Information has reached here that
Japan Is establishing police stations in
South Manchuria in violation of the
agreement of 1915, wherein China gave
Japanese subjects the right OF free choice
of residence In that section. Japan's
part of the pact was that her subjects
In Chinese territory should be subject
to Chinese police regulations and rev.
enue laws Despite this, 1t is declared
that Japan Immediately proceeded to
establish police stations wherever her
subjects located and in many cases men,
bers of her police force were sent to the
larger cities of Manchuria-
manded of the Japanese Consuls that
the Japanese police be sent away. but
these protests have not been needed.
The Japanese, according to latest ad-
vices, are now trying to police Hwung-
| Nan. They have also established drug
| stores" there as a blind for the sale
| of opium and morphine.
Japan short of Rice.
Reports from Japan indicate there Is
| no Improvement in the critical rice con-
| dition. 1t Is said that the wage scale
for police and soldiers is not sufficient
to buy rice for their families at pre-
vailing prices. As a result a spirit of
Bolshevism is rising among the japanese
people of the poorer class Recently
there were arrests of more than thirty
would-be bomb throwers, who were
found scattered from Dairen to Toxic.
| There is little prospect OF relief from
the Importation of Chinese rice as the
Chinese dealers, according to press re-
| ports, have little desire to trade with
Japanese, giving as a reason that ex-
| portation would result in q rising mar
| ket in China, and that as the Chinese
people are already suffering they should
be spared additional hardships.
The Chinese chambers of commerce
iidNc uccu dSSOCldtlIk themselves Win
the movement started by the chamber
at Tientsin to prevent the export of rice
during the next few months Action has
been taken to secure permission from
the Government to exercise control over
shippers by the chambers of commerce
The sale Of more than 400, 900 piculs oil
rice to Japanese Arm recently
prompted this action.
Chinese silk export suffered a serious
setback during the four years of war
Not only did the quantity OF the Sill
exported abroad decrease from year tc
year but also the price slumped con,
tinuously until the filature silk touched
the bottom figure of only a little ovei
400 taels per picul. A slight recovery
set In soon after the armistics was
arranged last year. and as ship
ping facilities have gradually i'm
proved the foreign demand has becom,
more robust In proportion. During tn,
, last fortnight heavy purchases of sill
for export have been made by foreign
firms here and the price paid on tn,
best quality of filature silk has been 6
little over 1000 taels per picul and oil
, Hupeh yellow silk over 400 taels pc
picul. The trade may be further de
, veloped II unrestricted tonnage is OBJ
talnable
boycott Sczres Japanese.
That at present the boycott movement
so far from dying out, Is killing from
: 70 to so per cent OF the japanese ex
port business to China and is causing
panic among Japanese exporters Is tn,
opinion OF several compradores OF lead
ing local Japanese importers. Exac
figures, of course, are not available fo
the present as the only source OF infor
nation for this must come with the OF
ficial commercial report which will maxi
Its appearance in August the end OF tn,
present japanese fiscal season.
Chinese compradores say that the valu,
OF goods imported into China from japan
before the strike averaged $40, 000, 900
: month. but the strike has reduced this I,
below the $4,000. 900 mark. Merchan
disc such as cotton yarns. machinery
toilet articles. medicine, beer, milk, bis
cults, straw hats. socks and stockings
soap, lumber. hides watches, crocker!
and rubber articles are completed,
banned. while a limited amount of busd
ness is done IN coal, paper. piece goods
toys, matches and stationery.
= In the cotton yarn business alone tn
, effect OF the boycott is interesting. Chi
3 nese mill owners say that as far as ooult
l be ascertaine not a single bale OF Japa
nese yarn was shipped to China durini
the month OF June. while before tn
strike 1000 bales used to be sent I