The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-06
NOT OF TIE BOXER KIND
Local Celestials Nearly All Hail
From Southern China.
Do Not Sanction War Nor Do They
Anticipate One Declare That
Their Government Knows BETTER
Than to Provoke HostiIities-
Think Ministers VIII Not Be Killed

At time when nearly every public nan
in the United States has either rushed or
been rushed into print by interviews on
the Chinese situation, 1t is interesting to
learn what the countrymen Of the people
who now oppose the allies in the Far East.
think of the troubles on their native SOIL
AS a rule the Chinese of Washington
who are nearly all in the laundry business.
or own tea or grocery stores, are too busy
to ponder deeply on the subject They are
by nature reticent and close mouthed. and
it is hard to induce them to talk. However,,
they will sometimes give expression of
their thoughts, and the general feeling
seems to be favorable TO the United States.
They are fully aware OF the fact that they
can succeed better in business here titan
anywhere else, and they do lot want war
for fear it will create prejudice that Will
affect them financially.
A number of the leading merchants were
visited yesterday afternoon at their places
of business IN Chinatown" in Pennsyl
vania Avenue, near Third and Four-and-
a-half Streets, and they were asked their
opinions of the present trouble. In every
store were a number of Cinnamon sitting
on boxes or chairs and smoking in long
stemmed pipes strange smelling tobacco.
1t seems that business in Chinatown is sus-
pended, and Sunday afternoon given over
to visiting in the various stores
The "Tsue Lung Company. Importers of
Merchandise" is the Inscription above the
largest store in Chinatown. The prep-ie-
tors, Moy Quoy and Moy Chung, do quite a
large business, and are said to possess con-
siderable wealth. The former speaks fair
English, and when he was asked what he
thought OF the conditions in his country,
replied that ne did not know anything
about it. He explained that he was from
Canton, many miles from Pekin and Tien-
tsin, and knew little about the Boxers.
When asked If Chinnmen as a rule fear
ed a war enough to induce them to return
home he replied that they did not. "All
Cinnamon here and in New York and
San Francisco. he said, come from South
China Canton and Hongkong. People in
the northern part are different. We know
nothing about trouble except what We
learn from the papers"
Ching Lee was found in charge of the
Hong Chong Company's laundry, at 346
Pennsylvania Avenue. He is native of
Canton, and came to the United States
when young man, over twenty years ago.
He has one of the largest Chinese laundries
in Washington and speaks English flu
emily. In reply TO questions he said
II do not think that the Ministers will
be killed. Chinas Government knows il
the Ministers are killed it will be bad
thing.
when l lived in China, what are known
as the Boxers were like cowboys here.
They lived in the hills and would fight
Tf1.g,, rah ND II hon
All Of them were bad men. They were up
north.
"Chinaman can do good here. Make lots
more money than in China. Some China
men make money here and go back to
China with 1t to live. All Cinnamon here
are from South China. There is no trouble
there. They can go back there without
fighting. | don't think there will be much
war China's Government knows better"
Yee Chung Lung & Co.. S store was
crowded with Chinese who would only say
that they were not from Pekin and knew
little about affairs there beyond what they
found in the papers.