The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-10

Slaughter Of United States mission
aries when those of other nationalities
are spared, and exclusion of the products
Of the United States tho the goods of
other nations are being imported in
ever-increasing amounts, is the dismal
immediate past and present situation
in China; and the future promises even
greater insult to the stars and stripes,
according to information Just received
from Lawrence Driscoll, former Min
neapolis boy, now in China. Young
Driscoll, the son Of Il. u. Driscoll Of
the North Star Shoe company, is IN
the service Of Chinese imperial mari
time customs, having left the United
States navy. 4,
lent opportunity to view the workings
Of the boycott, which many have de-
clared does not exist, and his intensely
interesting letter contains statements
that indicate startling duplicity OF ma
lions supposed to be friendly to the
United States and fighting, in common
cause, for an open door to the celestial
empire. iii "
Suspects the French. !
Commenting upon the recent murder
| of American missionaries at Lienchow,
China, young Driscoll asks several sig
nifcant questions about the French,
during the preparation of the crimes.
think the FBench missionaries
ought to have something said to them, ,,
4 he writes. "Why did they stop at
home when they saw people being ex-
Iposed and then killed9 Why had they
SO much confidence in themselves when
they told a member Of the party that
their houses they would not be touched :
Why did the Chinese officials claim that
they would not be harmed. Why did
the French soldiers leave their rifles
at their stationY Why was the boycott
brought into it9 And why were they
walking the streets with banners on
which appeared the words, Down with
Americans and Their cir, Goods'Y Does th1s
point to any good9'
No American Flour.
Driscoll states that while American
flour was very plentiful everywhere 6
year ago, he has not passed one bas
at his station for a long time. Tho
his station is not large one he says
It was o common before to pass as is, fr on
flour and oil are coming, almost ex
clusively from Australia and Burma:
Cigarets, a commodity. in whicl
America formerly traded heavily wit!
the Chinese are now all English, Chi
, ness, and Turkish: No l. America Am RI IA
plllS are TO De ldu. IL 10 IHo oe1iIl
!. with other goods. 49,.
: Driscoll writes that the anti-foreig
J sentiment is being fomented continr
ally thru papers and huge posters. II
feeling against the "foreign dogs'
thriving under the agitation, too, an
/ is very bitter near his frontier SIT
E ton. Threats and entreaties appea
. on these posters, some: of which ar
6 illustrated by ugly pictures. Thes
q are addressed to tradesmen. and do ne
j waver from the direct IN their appl
y cation to dealing in American good
d A Boycott Publication.
l. In Canton, as another evidence {
+ the rapid spread of the boycott pro-
- Uganda, Driscoll cites the advent !
= a publication bearing the title, "Tl
y, Boycott Agitator. -
;. Another allegation Driscoll makes
= that the Chinese in America are sen
% ing enormous sums home to assist :!
the prosecution Of the boycott: f
z suggests that the refusal to sell foe
g and clothing to these men in Americ
y would be Unsuitable retaliation.
II "Cannot this be stopped9''. Driscc
e asks at the conclusion of his lette
st ''Cannot something be done to. e1
Le this state, which will sooner or lat
d turn to something a great deal worse.