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Show ! BOVCOTT OF JAPANESE GOODS 81 THE CHINESE Japan Is Seeking the 8upport of Great Britain to Put a Stop to the Disastrous Dis-astrous State of Affairs. Pekln. Japan Is fnclng a serious situation as n result of tho boycott arising from tho Tatsu Maru Incident. Admiral ljuln of tho Japancso navy, whoso cruiser squadron Is now anchored an-chored off Taku, was received In audi-enco audi-enco by tho emperor nnd empress dowager. Coincident with this occurrence occur-rence Japan In seeking tho support of Great Drltalu iu put n stop to tho boy. cott by Joint representations to China. Tho boycott Is Increasing, and Jnpan is not satisfied with China's efforts to put an end to It. The Japancso nuthorltlcs hero' attribute at-tribute tho growth of tho movement to tho natlvo press1, which is without control and which has been conducting conduct-ing n campaign to mnko generally known tho Chlncso side of tho Incident. Inci-dent. They claim that tho matter has been misrepresented, and hold tho viceroy of Canton chlofly responsible, bocaiiBo of tho enormous commercial Influence of tho Cantonese. China, by means of a campaign In tho foreign und natlvo press, Is making mak-ing an Intelligent and consistent effort to bring western Influenco to benr on Jnpan, but Japan, It Is said here, regards this courso as hostile and connects It with what tho Japancso call tho "American championing of China's Independence," nnd tho agitation agita-tion of Englishmen In tho far cast against tho Anglo-Jnpancso nlllauco. |