CHINA AFFAIRS
The Chinese Draw Up an Indictment of England 

Shanghai, July 11. The proclamation published today by the Radical Union of Students and Workers clearly shows that the boycott is primarily directed against England. It mentions eight crimes committed by the English in China: taking possession of Hong Kong and Burma and attempting to seize Tibet; forced granting of concessions; establishment of an international mixed tribunal; obligation for China to grant extraterritoriality (England set the example); extortion of indemnities and usurpation of control of Chinese customs; imposed limitation of customs tariffs, which caused financial instability; mistreatment of Chinese workers; Finally, the massacre of students and workers in Shanghai, Han-Kou, and Shameen.
In order to put an end to these abuses by England, the manifesto urges the Chinese people: to stop working in English companies, factories, or families; to refuse payments in English currency and the sending of money at the invitation of English banks; to boycott English goods; to refuse to insure English livelihoods, goods, or vessels; to refuse to load Chinese goods on English ships; to refuse to serve as sailors or coolies on these ships; to refuse to travel on English ships, to ride in English automobiles, or to ride English bicycles, etc.

This proclamation gives the impression that the Chinese, leaving Japan aside, are concentrating all their attacks on England.

THE FRENCH MINISTER WITHDRAWS FROM THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

London, July 11. The news of the resignation of the French Minister in Peking as a member of the Commission charged with investigating the Shanghai disturbances is confirmed by the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in Peking, who adds: "The Chinese Foreign Minister has forbidden the publication of the list of goods to be boycotted, but the boycott nevertheless persists, to the serious detriment of British trade."

Han-Keou  

Shameen