The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-18
CHINA'S BOYCOTT
WILL CAUSE WAR
So Says Carl B. Hard, Just Returned
From the Philippine
Islands.
PREPARING ON BOTH SIDES
u. S. AND FLOWERY KINGDOM
TO BECOME EMRROILED.

That serious trouble will result soon
from the Chinese boycott Of Americans,
is the opinion of Carl B. Hard, a for
resident of the Philippine islands for
the past six years and returned to Salt
Lake yesterday on a visit to his sis
teTs- He left Salt Lake as a COM
missiOned officer in the Utah battery.
Four years ago he became associated
with the secret service of the islands
and is now assistant chief of that SER
vice in Manila He viii remain in this
city for several weeks, the guest of his
sisters, the Misses Leila and Elizabeth
Hard.
1T seems to be the opinion of nearly
everyone living in the far East that
some serious trouble will result from
the present condition of affairs In
China" said Mr.. Hard last night. ''The
action of foreigners for the past sew
eraI years has been most irritating to
the Chinese. We have all felt for two
years that trouble would be the inevi-
table result. I believe it will be like
the Boxer uprising If all signs do not
fail. The Chinese have been prepar-
ing for the present crisis at least five
years They have manned their ships
with first-class foreign officers and
have engaged foreign Instructors in
nearly all military and naval schools
ct is all a cleverly laid plan on the
part of the Chinese. They will be hard
to beat this time, for they are well
prepared. By aping American customs
they have asSimiIated to a large extent
American methods and c1everness.
This with their native shrewdness will
stand them well in hand.
From indications, America Will not
be caught as she was before Thou
sand, of soldiers are being rushed into
the East The preparations in Manila
are being carried on with a view to a
long war. Everything in the way of
supplies is coming into Manila by the
boa TOAD. If trouble does come, and 7
believe il will without a doubt. Amer
lea will give China the hardest fight
she has ever had. But we shall have
to fight hard and long to win.
"Of all cOckey nations on earth to-
day, Japan is the leader" said Mr..
Hard when asked what effect her re-
cent victories has had upon Japan.
What Japan needs now most of all is
a good, hard whipping She is just
like a boy of the youthful age. feeling
for the first time his manly oats. She
struts and tries to dictate, and wants
everybody to bow to what she is or is
to be. She has given out the hint that
nobody will be able to interfere in
China, and she viii be responsible for
all of China's acts. over in the Orient
we are feeling the Japanese victories
more than can be imagined.
"As individuals I am not very well
pleased with the japanese. They are
proud, deceitful and oyer-bearing. One
japanese will not trust another. They
are all suspicious of each other as well
as of all foreigners In business nearly
all the great Japanese employ Chinese
/ accountants and Chinese to handle al
cash. Chances for Americans in Japan
are about the same as they are for us
in China. Secretly Japan hates Amer
| lea. Openly they profess friendship
This is in line with their deceitfu
/ character"