The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-23
THE BOXER RIOTS
Are Said to Be Imminent in China
Against Foreigners.
FEELING rs BITTER.
American Soldiers Arc Held Ready.
American Missionaries Are Notified
To Keep 10 Touch with Certain
Cities ofRefuge Known as
Treaty Ports.
FEELING rs BITTER.

&c. p. Sohwerin, vioe pres.dent and
general manager Of tho P,c!fic
Mail Steamship company, whose bust
ness relations with the people of China
have been intimate for more than O
d zsn years, regards hhe situation in
Opina with grave apprehension.
Ho considers ths manifoso!Cn of dix
order 40 primarily anti American,
bu3 what antiment of "Ohina for tho
Ohinese" underlying tho erupsions,
the trouble 10 certain, In his opinion
10 spread and b,como an anti foreign
uprising that will make all other ma
slonalities excepting tha Japanese to
be subj OTIS Of attack. Speaking Of
the prospect of trouble, Mr.. Sob werin
last night said:
Tho Boxer uprising of 1900 was
ehe cne evidence OF the ferment Of
anti .oreign feeling, but when order
has been restored no people stood
closer to the Chinese than did the
Americans. And as q reeult, our
trade with China has increased by
leaps and bounds siuco the end of the
boxer outbreak. But the anti Amer.
loan boycott has not only checked thc
development Of trade relations, but
what has already neen built up la
now threatened. This Is only the re-.
flsx or the active and aggressive meth
ods OF certain labor organizations OF
the Pacific. The clear intent OF the
treaty Of 1894 has been perverted. Ii
defined tho excluded class but in re-
0ponse TO the constantly asserted lat
or Influence bhe provisions have been
buried out Of sight.
Then again, the laboring organ.z
ations on the coast have applisd the
boy c)6t, not only against Chinese
goods imported into tue country. but
against Chinese goods imported into
the country, but against the merchant
who would buy the garden products
'FV,A~S tItsaIs1S. o.ss. .,,S,
and the result has been that the
Chinamen have turned the weapon
upon the Americans, who taught
them the example and power it pos
Ssssed"
The Presbyterian board Of foreign
missions, in New York in conseQ uencs
Of the embarkatiCn of American soi-
diers for the far east, In anticipation
OF service in China, nas decided to
keep in touch With the nearest theaty
ports IN case OF trouble.
The chief cause Of anxiety, accor-
ding to the seCl etary Of the board, is
the constant spreading OF wrong ideas
of the treatment Of the Chinese In
this country, Stories are baing oi1-
culated ti,roug China of the massacre
VI Chinese In America and they have
yellow J urnals just as we have them
mere. But they have not the intelli-
genca we have and the stories have
a greater pore entage Of believers. We
kne" of The the presidents inten
tion to send troops to the Philippines
weeks ago.
TIE treaty ports the missionaries
nay use AZ refuge plaoas are Oanton,
Shanghai, Hankow, Hangobsw, 500,
Cnow, Ningh Po, Tsienbang, Chee
Foo, Tien Tsin and Pekin. The ma
jortty OF these would give means OF
escape or refuge and by watSr rouces.
La all OF them missionaries and their
families would Und high Chinese ufi-
clals and foreign representatives who
would be OF help to chem. But In
many cases the missionaries and
Americans are at auch remote places
that they could be easily cut off and
their only chanoe OF safety would rest
With 6he govsrnmanb Of Ohina end It's
representatives"
One OF the Visitors 10 the presby.
torian board OF missions was Ray G.
Charles FdifolCugh, q nai ssionary,
who had just arrived from China.
While 1t takes tlme for the news
OF the boy TT on American goods 10
traves from bhe COAST 10 0he interior
said Mr.. A'.irclough, the anti Amsl-
loan and anoi-'oreign feeling IN NORTH
China is very bitter, and l belieye IL
ls more bitter than 1t was at any time
|duriDg the boxer war.
'Tne feeling was very strong whom
lsIt Ghe Anhui province In Decem Der
IL was clused by the storieB Of Ii
treatment Of Cinnamon In Americs
and the exclusion law. In the exbsr
lor towns Ghe merchants are sel'ine
no Americln goods rather than have
their c0untrymen know they have
had them In their possession.
10 10 not the same anti foreign
feeling OF the boxer trouble, 1t comes
out of "hat they believe In patriot
ism. The Chinese are anxious TO gel
their properties into their own hands
There are railroads, mining and othel
kindS or sYndicates developing nropar
ty In China and the men back OF bhen
are lo1algGers. Olly leoantly | En1
one OF these sYndicates 60 through al
bhe stages OF development Ia tn
0uiloipg OF a railroad line and at th
last momen6 the Cnineae rescinded al
the rights given TO than.
L was amazed TO find o remarka
bic llberalicy OF Views among tn
! Chinese students In Japan. They Gu
, or their queques, wear Efopean olothe
and even talk about the necessity of
, new form Of government for China
. There IL q spirib OF governments
, revolution anoHg them.
4 A dispatch so the Tribuhe fyor
Washington, d. O., sayI: Tnirty
eight thousand men of the regula
army are to be mobillzed at Manil
for service In China IN cage ot sn III
rising against forolgners in tho an
! cleDb empire. The war department
has determined to send four regiment
OF cavalry and seven batteries OF arti
: lery TO the far eastern islands In add