The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-14
CHINESE OBJECT TO
THE OPIUM MONOPOLY
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| opium concession was SOL in Hong
kong to a syndicate for $4,000 Last
year the same concession brought
1876. 900. So you can see there must be
an immense profit in it. 1t is these
same people, from Hongkong and Sin
gepore who are after the Manila IL
cense now.
THE Chinese would much prefer to
see the import duty on opium raised,
than to have concession of this kind
granted. The Chinese don't want to be
| squeezed by a syndicatr and would
rather pay extra duty to the govern
ment, if it is the intention to realize
a revenue from the sale of opium.
That would be much better than to be
in the hands of schemers who would
squeeze every cen. possible out of the
opium users. The same thing happen
ed in Hongkong, and the Chinese are
not anxious to have the experiment
repeated in the Philippines"
CHINESE IN MEXICO.
II am on my way to Washington, and
| from there 1 viii go to the City of
| Mexico to be consul general for Mexi-
co. Or may be charge d affaires.
| shall not go to Mexic> until after
| Christmas.
Mexico has now restricted the ad-
| mission of Chinese. That was a great
surprise to me. Without Chinese in
| Mexico, really can't see what I am
TO do there. We have no consulate in
Mexico now, and this will be under the
jurisdiction of the Chinese minister at
Washington. will receive my orders
from him, upon arrival in Washington.
Zone of the first things I shall do
viii be to look into the reason for
| the new order restricting admission of
Chinese. Mex. o has been exceedingly
| anxious to get Chinese to develop the
| country, so I cannot understand now,
| why it has been no suddenly cut off.
| did hear one or two things in con-
nection with the order. One report I
1
can steamship companies were jealous
| and afraid of the competition Of the
| China Commercial Steamship Co., and
| they used their influence with the gov
| eminent to restrict he admission of
| Chinese. This OF course shut the China
| Commercial Co. out. Another reason
| advanced was that some of the Chi
| nese sent over were not working, and
gathered in the streets. 1 do not un-
| derstand how that can be true though,
| for all the Chinese sent over were I'M
| der contract at a certain price and
| for a specified length of time to work
| in various Mexican industries. But
| shall learn the reasons when
reach Mexico and then I shall do my
| best to get the order rescinded.'
| HONOLULU WAS A MUD POOL.
| This is LANG Hsuns sixth visit to
| Hawaii When I passed through here
| in 1885, said he, Honolulu was moth
ing but mud pool. Now it is beauu-
full 1 am asst nished at the progress
made since I was here last. l had
drive about the city this morning and
| was much impressed with your city.
I would like TO live here.
Mr.. LANG Hsun with his family de-
parted again on the Peking for San
Francisco. He intends to make stop
of a few days at the coast, before pro-
/ ceeding to Washington. 1t viii be late
lin December before he goes TO Mexico.
| Mrs. Shuen, who is the wife Of the
| charge d affaires in Washington, is
| member of the party.