The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-28
Shanghai Anxious
For Victory OF
Allies.
TROUBLE SURE If
THE BOXERS GAIN
W. q. Hall and William A. Ramsay
Back in Their Honolulu
Homes.

n W. o. Hall and william A. Ramsay.
formerly Of Honolulu but more recently |
of shanghai returned on the Doric last
evening convinced that the troubles In
the Chinese Empire make business in
lterests uncertain. They have been away |
trcm Honolulu about hve months and In
that time have resided both In Hongkong |
and shanghai They have returned from
the seat OF war determined TO risk no
more OF their interests there untn the
war has been settled
Mr. Hall stated last evening to an Ad-
vertiser reporter that when he left shang
hal the foreign authorities there were ex-
pecting the arrival OF tcoo British sol
oilers. Indian sikhs. who win patrol the
city against any possible attempt Of the
surrounding Chinese soldiery TO attack
the foreigners or the legations. They
were TO have arrived ON the itth. MIR.
IIan describes the sikh as a magnificent
: type Of Oriental soldier. fully six feet
: high and wearing an aspect which tends
20 deter rather than to encourage intl-
macy. The Chinese OF Shanghai were
preparing 20 evacuate the city. believing
!. that the sIkhs would butcher them. as
1 tho Russians did In Tien-TsIn.
Shanghai being the richest city on the
cCast." continued Mr.. Hall. was looked
/. upon by tho Boxers at the beginning of
the struggle as a pretty good place to
onpture. with bright prospects OF loot.
Hut Shanghai also has Chinese monied
Interests. and they finally abandoned such
d an attack. However. " the relief force
= new en- route to Peking fails OF It's object
) lis summarily defeated-then there Is
bound 20 be trouble at Shanghai. and In
- fact all over China. At the beginning OF
the outbreak the foreign Consuls OF
- Shanghai met and placed the city under
command OF Admiral Seymour. There are
4 twenty -four men-of-war at anchor there
~ now Seymour. pronting by his expert
- ences IN the north. said he would not rely
id upon his ships. and ordered 1000 sikhs
70 from Hongkong AS the city is quite
cosmopolitan In government. II was al
- first dinncult to get the Powers to agree
nu q allow the British troops to enter. Bet
=. ter Judgment. however. prevailed. II
shanghai OF the 1900 white population
= there are over i.Oo0 volunteers. An Amer
~. lean rifle company has been organize,
consisting OF eighty men under command
. of Captain Haskell Each company OF tn
volunteers IL stationed In "a certain par
,r, of the city. where. upon the siightes
orr. difficulty. they can be massed. They hav,
ne. a system OF alarms by which the men cal
,oi be called out quickly. In case OF de
fensivo movement they are to retire 3
the British Consulate. where over 1.0o0 90
or: rounds OF ammunition and plenty of rifle
ar and machine guns have been collecte
,si. and placed In readiness
"rhe Chinese Niceroys OF the Yang-ts
- provinces have 80 far been friendly wit
the foreigners and have given their prom
ise TO protect them. However. at the al
Fou senals near Shanghai there are quite
her rumOer OF foreign-driiled Chinese troops
ON What particularly made the people
riy Shanghai anxious was that the Governor
'es. we're adding TO these troops right aloni
owe The Governors reply was that the Il
creased garrisons were 20 preserve orde
- hut there IL n peculiar significance In tn
gathering OF wcli-drillod Chinese trooI
m about the city. which the foreigners ey
with suspicion.
cit Is apparent the Chinese do not kno
"A, where they are-that is. the poorer elias
- - They are changing all their paper mons
~ into silver and 10 20 Ning-Po TO bury
tThs steamers both ways are crowded wit
these people. They believe there IL a ~
dg- Itency Tor good IN burying the money
ma. Ning-Po.
IT,, what DO know about IL Hung chani
lie came north and at Hongkong
. promised 20 remain In Canton. hut final
said he was ordered by Imperial manda
To proceed north. as he had been appoin
led Governor OF shen-si. where most
'lu- the trouble has occurred. At Hongkoi
he was received with n guard OF homo
The day before he arrived at Shanghai
der Chinese friends erected n triumphal arc
TIA but the municipal authorities ordered
uns taken down. They don't believe In hi
on al all. They received him as coolly
a., DC ssihie None Of the foreign Const
- called upon him. They ignored hi
'ne since then there have been small q
turbances around the city.
ted "As 20 the American troops In CHR
/ IN 7 believe that they have entered on Z
ted hottest fights they have ever particip'
.ber cd IN. The troops say they have never .
|, =, perienced such hot weather or hotter q
" before IN their lives. That was at Tie
Tsin. Tho Chinese are excellent she
and the fire they poured In on the Ame
the cans was n CALLING one. Tho Chine
seem 20 stand up well and they have