The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-05
Views About Boxers.

views ABOUT Boxers.
NEW YORK, May 29.-In discussing
the Boxer movement, the Rev Isaac
Taylor Headland, professor in the Uni
Versity of Picking, who left Picking on
March and is now in New York, takes
a somewhat peculiar view of its origin
He said
"The French Catholic priests are the
cause of trouble. The French Minister
in China had the Catholic priests made
Chinese officials of defined rank whose
business it is to decide cases of litigation
between Chinese Christians and outside
Chinese. When Catholic priest enters
a Chinese court, If he outranks the Chi
nese official, he decides the matter If
he underranks him, the influence of his
official rank amounts to about the same
thing.
1T is apparent to the authorities that
Russia does not propose to be behind
hand in any move looking to the dismem-
berment of the empire, and it would not
be surprising if some day the world
should wake up to find that Russia had
quietly annexed Northern China. Such
action would probably be precipitated by
the landing of foreign troops. which
would be made the excuse for it, 1t is
known here that Russia did not join with
the other Powers of Europe in making
representations to the Picking Govern
ment with respect TO the Boxer move
ment' basing her refusal upon the fact
she is an Asiatic Power. The natural re-
suit of her refusal has been to increase
her influence at Picking.
The Chinese charge that the priests
procure decisions in favor of the French
Catholics through their influence ire
spective of the merits of the case This
mas been going on for long time and
the irritation caused by il has resulted
at last in the Chinese forming the secret
societies called Boxers" This in Chi
nese is I-Ho-Tuon the 1 meaning right
eousness; the Ho standing for peace and
the Tuon meaning fist, which the profess
sor illustrated with clenched hand.
Peril of Missionaries.
NEW YORK. May pa special to the
Herald from Washington says: Should
the Boxer movement in China threat
en- American missionaries and American
interests, adequate measures will be TAX
en- to provide them with protection.
| Rear Admiral Kempff, commanding the
senior squadron of the Asiatic fleet
which. according to an order Just issued
will comprise all vessels north of Hong
kong, arrived at Taku Monday on board
| the cruiser Newark. He will at once
| communicate with United States Minis
ter Conger and arrange with him to take
/ such precautions as may seem advisable.
| Admiral kempff may send a marine
guard to Picking. The authorities are in
| a very awkward position with respect to
! landing troops in China. 1t is not de-
sired to take any such action, for one
! reason, because Americans are diStribut-
ed at widely separated points, and for
another reason, because the entrance OF
the Americans would be followed by sim
| Europe.
1t was reported today that Minister
/ wa mad called at the State Department
! TO confer with the officials relative tc
the Boxer movement. This is untrue
| Minister WI states that he has not beer
advised how serious the movement is
but he is inclined to believe that it is ex
aggerated.