The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-16
CHINA is FORCED
To APOLOGIZE

Annoy, September THE transpor
Logan. with Major General Corbin an,
party on board, arrived here this morn
went on shore and viewed tue scenes
of the recent riots.
The present condition of affairs il
connection with the anti-American
boycott movement Is uncertain anu the
coolies are expected to make a serious
outbreak on or about September Is.
All the members OF the parry were
reported well on board the Logan
which sailed for Shanghai at O'Clock
this afternoon.
The Chinese gunboat Hsing Hang ap-
peared before the American Consulate
on the waterfront yesterday with the
American flag at its masthead and fired
a salute of twenty-one guns, as amends
for an act of an insulting nature COM
United in connection with the fiagpo. e
of the consulate about two weeks ago
The whole affair grew out of TN.
anti-American boycott agitation There
are a large number of merchants in
Annoy VINO have business connection
in Manila. Many of the merchants
have had difficulties in getting in,o the
Philippines since the American occupa-
ton and as a result the feeling against
Americans in Annoy is very bitter.
The boycott agitation in the city took
definite form about the 18th of July.
when the thirty-six merchants compos-
ing the Annoy Chamber of Commerce
met and signed an agreement to buy
no more American. goods until the ex-
clusion law was modified. That after
noon one of these same merchants
bought big stock of American kero-
sene and another a large stock OF
American -four to tide them over the
storm.
The boycott movement aroused con-
siderable excitement and on the night
of July Is some miscreant. melted by
the boycott movement, pulled down the
halyard of the American fagpole, scat
tered filth about the foot and posted
an anti-American placard upon the
pole. The outrage was taken up with
the officials by Consul George E. An
ierson on the morning of the 18th and
aas been thrashed out between Annoy
and the Viceregal Court at Foochow, |
With some action from Picking in the |
meanwhile.
The local officials, while originally |
Wiling to make amends for the out
age. were afraid to do so publicly lest |
he agftators should go after them for |
lowing to the foreigner. A flag salute |
vas insisted upon by the Consul, how
Yer, and the pressure he was able to
ring upon the provincial officials car
led the day, and the salute was or
Tered.
In the meanwhile the Consul found L
hat the leader of the boycott agitation Il
n Annoy was citizen of the Philip
ines, interested in the Philippine trade. II
he situation thereupon showing either
bat this leader could be held amenabIe Il
0 Philippine law for his boycott agita-
ion or else he would forfeit his right II
0 engage in the coating trade as a II
Philippine citizen. After a conference II
18th the Consul this person, who was ii
Chinese Consul at Manila and
ears the Spanish name of Engracio
decided that he wanted moth /,
1g more to do with the boycott and
romised to urge other merchants to
i've up the movement
On the morning of August 2 the mer-
hants had a meeting and decided to +
ave nothing more to do with the
lovement. Palanca is said to be going
, Singapore for his health iii
WASHINGTON, September Con
IL General Rodgers at Shanghai ca
led the State Department today as
blows:
The general opinion is that the boy
Dit is practically abandoned here. at
asst for the present, and the latest {
eports from other parts of China in
cate that the situation in respect to
lie boycott against American goods is
uch improved