CHINESE MERCHANTS OFFENDED.
BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE STEAMERS.
(By Elpctri* Telejrraph—Copyright.) Per Press Association. (Received March 28th, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 28. The Chinese merchants have drafted a series of resolutions fjar submission to a general meeting of their countrymen. They assert that the action of the Japanese in regard to the Tatsu Maru incident is a violation of treaty rights, and the demand of the Japanese for an apology had heaped indignity upon the Chinese nation which must be resented ; that this association resolves to withdraw all support from the Japanese line of mail steamers in every way, and that all goods imported and exported by Chinese firms shall be carried by other lines of steamships trading to the Far East; .that Chinese merchants refuse to transact business of any description with Japanese merchants in Sydney, and decline to handle all kinds of Japanese goods; that all Chinese merchants and traders in Sydney aiid other paTts of New South Wales shall be required to enter into a bond providing a penalty of £50 for every breach of this agreement.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8546, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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179CHINESE MERCHANTS OFFENDED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8546, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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