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Show ENDEAVOR TO 1 NFL A ME Against Japanese and Bring About Renewal of Boycott Boy-cott on Goods Tokio, March . 23. Special .dispatches .dis-patches received by Japanese papers from Hong Kong and Pekin indicate that the effort which Is being made at Canton to again innarae tho Chinese Chin-ese against the Japanese and bring I about a renewal of the boycott on Ja-1 panose good3, because of tho alleged annexation of Paatas Island by Japanese, Japan-ese, is practically a movement on the part of some unknown propagandists to keep ill-feeling between Japan and China stirred up in the hope of event-1 ually causing a breach of tho rrtendly relations between the two countries. Prataa Island, which lies between Hong Kong and the Philippine group, and Is 6lxty miles outside the boundary bound-ary line of the Philippine archipelago. Is considered a derelict by tho other countries unclaimed by any nation. A report waj circulated in September 1908, that it had been occupied by the Japanese government and would oo used as a naval base. At that time the rumor wag branded as false aad entirely unfounded by the Japanese. This denial Is officially repeated by government officials now, and It u lurther declared that tho Japanese government has never laid any claim whatever to any encircled cluster ot reel's. Years ago Japanese dealers landed on Pratas Island and commenced tho collection of guna, which was found In preat quantities. Numerous sheds for the housing of workers and supplies were constructed, and a ship was chartered char-tered to carry the guana to the bet markets that could bo found. This is declared to bo the extent of the so-called so-called Japanese occupation. |