Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-29

through official extortions, goaded to dis
content and then slaughtered.
Even Massacres Do Not Lessen Chi
nese Trade.
On the occasion of the first great mas
sacre of the Chinese by the Spanish the
latter feared lest their trade with China
might be affected thereby, consequently
they fastened to dispatch an envoy to
China to explain matters and to reassure
the Chinese traders. Much to their
prise they found the Viceroy of Canton
little concerned about what had happened,
and the junks of merchandise again ar
rived as heretofore
If the massacre of thousands of Canton
csc in Manila did not affect Canton trade
with Manila even for a month shall the
preventing of Cantonese now at home from
going to Manila diminish the trade of the
United States with North China? Is 1t not
more consderate to shut out the Chinese
from Manila than to permit them freely to
enter, as the Spanish did, in order to rob
and murder them?
The Chinese government has not always
shown that tender care of its people who
insist on leaving home which Mr. WI Ting
Fang thinks would be shown if no more
Chinese are for the present permitted to
massacre was displayed not only in the
case of the Manila incident, but as late as
the middle Of the eighteenth century in
Java also.
Miss Scidmore, in her volume concerning
Java, says: in time the Chinese dn Ba-
tavia) fomented fnsurrection against the
Dutch, and in 1740, joining with disaffected
natives, entrenched themselves in a SUBJ
urban fort. The Dutch in alarm gave the
order and over 10000 Chinese then within
the walls were put to death. not an infant.
a woman, nor an aged person being spared.
In fear Of the wrath of the Emperor of
China elaborate excuses We're framed and
sent to Picking. Sage old Keen-Lung re-
sponded only by saying that the Dutch
had served them right, that any death was
too good for Chinese who would desert the
graves Of their ancestors" Unless this en-
peror erred which is unthinkable in China,
the American policy must receive celestial
Endorsement as preventing certain Canton
csc and Annoy men from unpatriotically
and sacrilegiously deserving the graves of
their ancestors.
Exclusion in the Interest of the
Chinese.
The Fflipinos hate the Chinese. One of
the planks of the platform of the revolt
against Spain demanded the exclusion OIL
the latter They will not be permitted to
enter under our control Of the islands for
the purpose of robbing them and of killing
them if they resist. They will be protected
by us. The duty to defend the newcomers
taken in connection with the Filipinos'
Jealous hatred of them will cause them to
become an unending source of disturbance
to US, constant annoyance and care. If
there were no other reason than this for
preventing large increase Of their present
numbers it might not suffice. But the fact
remains that If the United States in the in
terest of the Filipinos regulates and re-
stricts firmly and justly the incoming of
additional Chinese it will serve the real in
terests of the Cinnamon as well as of the
natives. 1t is better for the Chinese them
selves that they should be kept at home
| under the American policy than that they