Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-20
RIGHTEOUSNESS TOWARD CHINA.
A Question Wholly Disregarded by
Us.

US.
Rev. Dr. S. B. Partridge in Boston
Watchman.-Verys seldom have | had
occasion to criticise the acts of our
government in it's relations with other
nationalities but in its course toward
the Chinese, the question of righteous
ness has been wholly disregarded.
Restriction laws are right and neces-
sary, but to exclude an entire nation
while welcoming everything else on
the face of the earth, is wrong and
only wrong. The present action of tno
Chinese in boycotting American goods
is perfectly justifiable, and on the part
Of the Chinese means business. Mr.
| COnger, whose course as minister to
China reflected great honor upon his
country and upon himself, has made
q great mistake in some of his recent
public utterances at home, in belittling
this action of the Chinese. He has
failed to grasp the magnitude and the
| Importance of the movement. Never
| before has there been such manimity
OF action on the part of the Chinese.
During the war with Japan some 10
years ago, only the extreme north VI
China seemed interested in it, Here
in the south the people seemed as little
interested as if their own country had
no part in it, but now the Chinese in all
parts of the empire are acting together,
and merchants in Singapore and Siam,
as we'll as in the United States, are
manifesting their willingness to make
( all needful sacrifices that their coun,
trymen may not be compelled to sub,
NIT to such degradation as they now
suffer under the unrighteous laws OF
the United States. If travellers, stu
dents and merchants are admitted TO
the United States ON the same terms
that Americans demand for themselves
In China, there will probably be no
question as to the course pursued To-
| ward ordinary laborers.
The dispatch sent by the Shanghai
committee on boycott matters, to the
people OF Annoy, indicates that a new
spirit has taken possession of the in
Huentlal men in China. Formerly the
mob was relied upon to accomplish
any desired purpose, but this calm.
sensible, practical advice is sometime
seldom it ever before seen. Evidently
a DAY OF better things for China has
| daWned, and this experience in bow
cottlng American goods may prove a
great blessing to this people, and if
the people of the United States are
wise, 1t will prove a great blessing to
| them also.
Inc boycott method is not new to
the Chinese. A few years ago. the
captain of one of the steamers of a
large shipping company here NAL
treated a Chinaman. His friends took
UP the case and demanded of the com.
pany that the captain should be dis.
missed from their service. stating that
unless the demand was complied with
no man would touch a single bale OF
their cargoes. For several weeks
their steamers came into port, and
went just as they came, the company
being unwilling to dismiss one of their
most valuable officers. The Chinese
were firm, and the company had to
weld or give up their imense business
at this port.
American goods are in demand in
this country, and merchants of other
natlonalit1es are quite willing the boy
colt should continue, but the Chinese
do not need any encouragement from
them in this matter, they are a patient
people and will endure great hardship
to accomplish any fixed purpose.
Forty years ago was glad to give four
years of service to the work of main
tanning the union, and I have always
been proud of my country, burt in the
matter of it's treatment of the Chinese,
I am thoroughly ashamed of it.