The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-24
DEPRIVED
OF RIGHTS
Nu Ting Fang for Present
Boycott
OF GOODS, NOT OF MEN
Denies Anti-Foreign Feeling Is General
in the Nation--Boycott Is But the
etaliation-America Held
to Blame.
OF GOODS, NOT OF MEN

Pekin, Feb. 24.--Wu Ting Fang, for
mer Chinese minister OF the United
States, when interviewed for the first
time yesterday on the existing situation
in China, spoke in support Of the boy
cott
WI Ting Fang is now living quiet
ly in Pekin, deyoting his time TO codi-
flying the laws Of China, one OF the
numerous reforms under way. lie sui.
fered for long time from deafness from
the effects of the explosion OF the bomb
near him at the railway station last
September, but has now recovered. In
speaking OF the present condition, WI
Ting Fang said
China Is at crisis and is passing
through transition stage. Her states
men and people feel that China needs
reform, but there are great differences
Of opinion regarding the means. There
are several classes Of reformers. There
are those who speak foreign languages
and who have been abroad and who have
had experience in both sides Of the
question.
"They favor sensible and useful re-
| forms, but not too radical, 20 al to
make China FIRST able 10 stand upon
her own feet. The number Of these sen.
sible reformers is few. | am one Of
them.
@The ruling classes also know that
something should be done, but they are
OF their wits end to know what 70
do.
"The third class is composed Of young
students who are too rash. They need
training and experience
Financial reforms should be carried
out In the first place but without foreign
advice and capital it would be impos.
sible to do so under present conditions
] was working out a scheme which had
TO be abandoned because il was neces-
sary to call on foreign advice. The new
coinage is a stop.gap,
"One thing upon which the majority
Of Chinese agree is that China has beer
deprived Of many rights by concessions
and territorial grants and by the way hel
people have been treated by foreigners
| In China and foreign countries. Many
Chinese who have gone to America, Aus
tralia and the Philippines write home Of
the arbitrary determinations made
against tine NlilneSe WHICH uale Aoh "
attempted against other foreigners
Therefore, everyone is angry, and hene'
the boycott OF American goods, illus
trating the feeling against the unius
exclusion laws. II has spread over a
China and is solely in retaliation agains
unjust discrimination, and j. not anti
foreign. The Chinese people md Official
are on good terms with All foreigner
and have no hostile feelings towar'
them. The Chinese merchants have til
best Of feeling toward foreign mer
chants
'The majority Of the people in tn
interior are indifferent TO all, Foreign
ors travelling in the interior write tina
they arc we'll treated, with no signs 0
hostility against them. These rhmor
Of anti.foreign feeling are not wei
founded, Sensible men advise boycotter
and agitatoYs 20 be reasonable and onl
, to boyeott goods, and not to treat pei
! sons unkindiy, but 20 continue thei
friendship as before.
unfortunately disturbances in sew
eral places are now arising from tn
boycott, but this is no sign Of an out
break against foreigners"