Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-09-22
CHINESE IN A RAGE
American Boycott May Even
tuate Into Death Cry.
!H|AlTaED u FOR FOREIGNERS
Being kindled Throughout the En-
plrc and Americans Are Hootsd
apd Jeered-Rrsiness Men
Are Amazed.

The American boycott in China
is already more than a commercial
nashy to be the forerunner Of an anti
Torelgns agitation. Business men in
Shanghai. who, at the beginning were
yincHned TO laugh. have been aston
ished at the manner in which the
propaganda has been promulgated in
the interior.
In It's conception the boycott was
beloved to have been fathered by a
group OF officials in Pekin. Accord
ing to report certain Chinese firms
with large quantity of American
goods in stock took advantage of the
movement. They themselves had
bought forward as far as June, 1906,
ssd were anxious to keep their
smaller competitors out of the market.
The latter would be prevented from
EayiDg and. the instigatoTs of the
scheme would he able to sell at theiI
own figures.
: Mr. Rccbaill, The American minis
ter and consul general in Shanghai,
Mr.. Rogers, assured the Chinese that
their case would be considered by
the next session of congress and for
six weeks there was hull. Toward
the end of June, however, Mr.. Con
ger, ex-minister to China, made q
speech in which he ridiculed the idea
of Chinese organization. This speech,
wired out at once by the Chinese
agents in America, brought down E
storm of Indignation in the native
press
The three students and their sis
ters who were SO badly treated in
Boston, were related to influential
oElcials. The incident occurred at a
nest unfortunate time, for there was
Violent comment in the Shanghai
journals, and the demands for an ef-
feciive boycott were renewed. Ger
tain Of the younger men in Shang--
hal, most of whom had been educa-
ted IN Japan, started a vigorous news
paper campaign, insisting that strong
measures must be taken to force the
United States to revise her immi-
gxsticn laws. A certain Shanghai
paper, edited by a japanese and sup.
posedly subsidized by TOXIC, was par
ticalarly bitter. in. fits attacks on
America. and the Americans The ma
tive press printed, .eensational stories.
claiming, for exampIe, that $50 Chi
namen had been .lurdered in New
York and that simSar affairs were Of
daily occurrence. Subscriptions were
collected from the wealthy merchants
In Singapore, Penang, Hong Ko--.
Manila, Canton and Shanghai and
pamphlets and circulars were .distrib.
uted throughout the coutry. Piacards
were posted In the river ports and
the interior cities, eursing and revil-
ing those who were weak enough
to Jtse' American goods. Americans
were booted. In the streets s..
The movement has now passed en-.
tirely out of the hands of the mer
chants. The larger piece goods, ker.
os6ne and cigarette wholesalers all
suggested that it was time to call a
halt. But the agitators are in power
Where ten years ago there were not
moro than a dozen, there are today
fifty Cinnamon who read newspapers.
The reports Of murders and outrages
in America have incensed the people.
The men. WHO encouraged the
scheme in. the beginning are ROW
sufferers where they had expected Ito
reap a harvest. The American manu-.
facturers must be. paid for all goods
that have been ordered abroad and
1t is doubtful whether a number of
the wealthiest men in Shanghai will
be able to westher the storm unless
they can sell og.acancel ,thtir or
derB.