Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
woman's Rights One Of the Strong Points
Of the Platform.
LONG TRIP OF TWO BRITISH OFFICERS
Start from India and Spend Year Passing
Through Thibst.
BOYCOTT rlsRctlY wAsEO At FoocHow
Brftish Consul says Native Population
Refused to Handle Goods
from America, Though
owned by Others.


The Bee)--A labor party has been formed
In Toxic and 9 strong manifesto has been
issued declaring that the existing labor
conditions are deplorable
The new party's program includes oppo-
sition to monopolles, universal male ana
female suffrage. general increase q
wages aud reduction of hours, the aboh-
ton of capital punishment and of tituiar
distinctions. fundamental reform in taxa
tion and arbitration in all international
questions
The organizers are not men OF much In
hueuce but the movement is significant in
Aview of the recent increase in labor troubles
( and the socialist disturbances concerning
Z he raising of tramway fares. The social
lists have been showing much activity lately
at the capital.
Long Trip Through Thibet.
Details of an extraordinary journey ac-
complished by Colonel c. d. Bruce of the
Chinese regiment at Wei Hal Wei and Cap
tain Layard of the Northamptonshire regi-
ment have been published
Starting from Sima i'm August. 1905 the
two officers made their way to Srlnagar,
the capital of Kashmir and from there
eastSto Leh, the last outpost Of British
rule. Thence <they penetrated to Tibet
over three mountain passes: Changla, 1850
feet: Marsemikla, 1920 feet, and I,anakla''
1S1OO feet. on the second they met a Brit
ish officer on shooting excursion He
was the last European they were to see for
six months.
For six weeks they wandered in the desc
late regions south of the Kuenlun noun
tains without seeing human hahitation.
The thirty live miles over the kucnlun
range took them five days TO accomplish.
North OF the range they saw abundant
traces Of gold and found the people. chiefly
Mahommedans friendly
The great Cobb desert was crossed by an
entirely new route from Charkolick. near
which lies Lake Tobnor. a huge eXpanse
OF water. extremely shallow. with con-
stantly shifting position. The English
men crossed the waste at season and by
a routs,1no- white man -Assd probably no ma
tive has ever attempted
After journey of $500 miles the ad-
venturous officers ultimately arrived in
safety. AZ
Boxers Are Punished.
Forty-two Boxers. several OF whom were
prominent tn the troubles of 1900 have been
arrested at Shanghai
Twelve others have been shot dead by
soldiers of the magistrate of Tsoyunhsen.
In Shansi The Boxers entered the town
and demanded food and permission to kill
all the Christians in the place. including
six missionaries. The missionaries fed 10
the yamen, but the local oficials appeared
10 be heIuless until the arrival OF a Ger
man lieutenant who was making a tour
and persuaded the magistrate to collect his
soldiers and establish order.
According to the British consul at Foo
Chow, IL. Il. Brady, the agitation to boy
colt American goods. which showed itself
80 prominently during the summer
throughout China, WAS vigorously sup
ported locally. One or two trivial cases
occurred in which coolies engaged on
cargo boats lightering steamers struck
work when called upon to handle goods Of
American F-'gin. and on one oocs sion a
British Arm was compelled to use it's own
employees to remove goods to It's ware
house; but it was found that It was only
when emissaries of the boycotting CON-
mittee were present that this occurred;
otherwise. long they received their
wages the coolies were not particular what
class of merchandise they handled. and on
the whole, no practical Inconvenience was
experienced.
"YOuag China" Aroused.
The local committee. however incited by
the taunts of the organizing committees
established at Shanghai and other centers.
accusing them of lacking in spirit and
patriotism. conducted the campaign with
much energy and were successful In work
Ing up very lively sense OF the inius-
tice TO which their fellow subjects in
America were being subjected by the harsh
enforcement of the exclusion laws In the
states" This feeling found expression at
many public meetings whore the young
China element. on youths who had had
some slight training in foreign missionary
schools. took prominent part, Much
vaporing was INDUCED In. but the only
actual outcome Of It was the dissenilnA-
tion Of the placards calling upon the peo-
ple TO refrain from buying American goods
and warning shopkeepers against stocking
them; any stocks they had they were al
lowed to dispose of. SETN
British Control TrasAI
The trade In American goods, hSwever,
is entirely in the hands OF British mer-
chants. as, there are no American firms es-
tablished at Foo Chow. and they say that
~ long as the impress OF American origin
was not 100 conspicuousIy stamped on the
goods little difficulty was experienced In
indins purchasers. The ordinary China
man is OF an eminently practical turn OF
mind. and he is not easily Influenced by
sentiment where his material welfare il
concerned or his pocket is threatened. and
once he has accustomed himself to one
particular class OF goods IL requires strong
indueement TO make him relnquish the
use of It and take up with another-no
matter how much the trader may vaunt
the superiority OF another class II was
not, therefore, difhcult for them to blink
az the external wrappings and make use
Of the contents, and this appears 10 nave
been the course pursued as regards kero-
sene ane. nour. the two great staple arti-
cles OF American trade In this district
Grand Jury After Truzt