The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-02
There Is No Sign of Abatement
in Chinese Boycott.
in the Orient Declared
to Be Serious.
CAUSES OF TROUBLE.
Objection to Paying Indemnity
for Boxer Outrages.
Harsh Treatment of Prominent
Chinese by Customs Officials.

San Francisco. March 2-W. S. AIens
Canton agent for the Sperry Flour com
pany, who arrived from the Orient yes
terday, stated the situation in China
was very serious.
1T is foolish" said Mr.. Allen. ito say
the boycott or the reform movement ia
general is weakening. It would be more
correct to say it is just beginning"
William Hancock, for the past 81 years
a resident of China and a commissioner
of customs there, arrived here on the
liner Hong Kong on his way to Eng
land. Speaking Of the situation in China
he said:
THE principal causes of the present
unsettled condition are the dissatisfac-
ton in southern China over the indem-
nifty to be paid to foreign countries re-
sulting from the boxer outrages which
occurred in northern China the out
rageous treatment accorded to the
wealthy King family of China by cus-
toms officers in Boston when he and his
family were en- route from England to
China by way of this country. KING
and his family were treated as ordinary
coolies and the head of the family was
furious over the matter. think he was
the real instigator of the boycott.
'Yuen shi Kai. viceroy Of Chill pro-
vince has done all he could to stamp
out the boycott. but no one can do
much when once public indignation is
aroused in that country. Things are
very apt 10 be serious before peace
again reigns. In various provinces the
Chinese are on the eve Of a serious
uprising and it is hard to tell to what
end they viii CO.
Chinese Christian Church.
Victoria, B. c.. March "Details
brought by the Empress of India of the
attack on the American mission at
Chang Flu, so miles from Annoy, show
that the looting Of the mission was oe-
cas1oned by the anti-fOreign spirit
The missionaries escaped unaided ex-
cept Mr.. Aldham, who was concealed
in the house of a Chinese official and
thus escaped the rioters.
Another feature of the Chinese nation
al movement as drst Indicated by the
boycott has been the esta blishment OF
| a Chinese Independent Christian church,
the movement being organized to oust
entirely the foreign missionaries.
Captain Kelly, an American employed
as chief of police by the Chinese gov
ernment a Chang Sa Human, was muir
oereo Dy Two creek adYenturers, VINO
shot him when he sought to arrest them
for illegally selling arms.
China Is Doing Nothing.
Chicago. March "A dispatch to the
| Tribune from Washington, D. c., says:
Beside making preparations in the
/ Z 6A4lllp4lCS TO SeIlQ an army TO emma TO
protect American interests, the secre-
tary Of war in accordance with instruc-
/ tions Of the president has given direc-
/ tions for troops in the United States
1 to be ready at a moments notice for
service in the far east.
The president is hopeful the precau-
/ tionary steps ne has taken viii have
/ the effect of causing the empress dow
/ ager to adopt repressive measures i'm
medfately and thus avert an outbreak
i Such steps were imposed upon him by
| reports he has received from all sec
/ tions of the empire, sent by consuls and
their agents and information obtained
/ from other sources. These reports prove
! that a condition of unrest prevails and
/ that Americans and their property are
/ in danger in consequence of the feeling
/ created by the boycott instituted last
/ summer.
The president has found that while
/ the Chinese government has promised
! to suppress the boycott it actually has
/ taken no steps in that direction. The
/ foreign Office at Pekin insists It simply
agreed to stop disorders which were the
result of boycott and it was not possi-
! BILE to order It's subjects to buy goods OF
one merchant instead of another In
/ the end the boycott will doubtless affect
I American trade but it has not done so
up to this time.