IN CHINA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15365, 9 November 1920, Page 8

IN CHINA.

BOYCOTT AGAINST JAPANESE. . SYDNEY • October ,27.— 1n a despatch by he Commercial Commissioner In the •Sast to. the Premier, Mr. states: The -high hopes-raised' in* China as a result of the armistice and subsequent iieace, have simply ended -in failure ana disappointments."- THere'-'is also very pronounced dis6atista"cti»n"m"feg'Ard to the shantung f question. . The- peace conclusions arrived at in Paris proved mure ' tfca.h distasteful to the Chinese. At one time feeling against the Japanese was . Jo hateful that the stitdent class practically got beyond control, and very serlttus results \vere. anticipated, and the Government seeiried .powerless to control the situation: ;■■ The ill-feeling towards rhc Japanese spread in all directions, arid eventually ended in a general- boycott of everything Japanese. There arc : still live embers of tho boycott in existence, . and advantage is taken of every occasion to rcerp the Shantung question a prominent o?).e." ; - • Xho differences, between, the North .and South cf China were still .Jar from settlement,: and it was feared that the failure of the internal peace conference would have led to more- internal trouble. ■On- -the whole, the military activities in ■ihe provinces- .were legs pronounced than m 1918, tho^ only exceptions .bonis? some ilghting and -disorder - in- Fuk'ien and ■Szechwapj- and, a certain > amount- of piracy, in "puri( n B whole ..of. vtiiq" t^iieYl. -have been in tho East 1 have- never, known!; a, year freo frpm trouble .of a more .or legs'Ys'eri,ms nature ,iiV Chipal .It.Ts" remarka!b}e jtliat v w;ith. all of .China's . troubles' ci6m«stic: and .otherwise, -h«r (rad'e • is, vihcreas.,rig. Cpriiparing,, 1.19 .with 1918, there.js an Increase ..0^257,0^0,00. taels and lor the first time .since'; 'statistics 'wcito'published-, or av^ilaifle;;^& > v4lue of exports liearly balanced UmpoHs.' ' ' ;:,vncducqd in sterlin'g'Yvalues; the imports equalled .£2b4,8__,5.9. Y ' '."Exports equalled !"-E109,756,n31. ' '".' "7 , Y'-Balance, aga.inst China •;yin imports and exports there' is a coh-slderablc,-a'dvaiteic-'over tlie vV imports "'and exports of the previous year""