The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-04-18
NOTED MISSIONARY SPEAKS
REV. YOUNG j. ALLEN TELLS OF
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT.
Distinguished Minister and Mission
airy to China Talks interestingly
NJ Conditions in the Far HAST.


Dr. Young j. Allen OF Shanghai,
China, the distinguished missionary
of the Methodist church, and who has
spent nearly fifty years of his life in
that country, delivered an address on
the Chinese boycott TO a small audi
ence at the court house in Dawson
Saturday morning.
DR.. Allen spoke interestingly OF the
civic and economic condltlons no"
existing in China. The recent poker
uprisings, which caused so much con-
Germ in this country, amounted to very
little, according to DR.. Allen, ana IL
was with great surprise that the ms
sionaries received the inquiries OF
their friends here concerning their
safety.
The boycott, however, is much
more serious matter. Business IS Sc
riou,lv hampered by reason OF it, and
worse conditions may prevail. The
Chinese, as a whole, who do not Oh
iect to the seclusion act, but the man
ner in which it is administered is the
cause of the trouble. The object of the
act was primarily to exclude the cOolle
or lower grade of Chinese immigrants
from this country, but the practice
seems to have been to treat all Chinese
as coolies, thereby arousing their in
dignatiOn.
Grounds of Complaint.
Tue merchants are mourning great
pecuniary loss by the boycott, said
DR.. Allen, but the matter has passed
beyond their control. The glst OF the
matter is that the peOple-that Is, the
higher classes, such as students, doc
tors, tourists and captalists-on com
ing to this country are subjected TO
the same indignites as the common
laborers. Little or no distinction IS
made by the board. The result is that
an increasing enmity against all for
eigners is gaining place ana more
radical results may follow
AS an instance of what the people
consider an injustice, there are only
four classes of Chinese admitted under
the act. The merchant can come in,
while the banker, who may be shade
hipher in the social and economical
scale than the merchant, is debarred
because his profession is left out OF
the article. a great many tourists and
students who came to attend the ST
Louis exposition were treated as
coolies, and their Indignation was
aroused.
Revolution Coming.
China is on the eve of a great wave
of reformation, he said. She will
soon adopt the manners and ideas OF
the more advanced nations, and is on
the highway to recognition as one OF
the powers of the world.
The conservative party is opposed
to the change, but the movement TO
GUST the present government is very
strong. The great majority OF people
consider the present dynasty foreign
ers, and are weary of their rule. The
present government has existed since
their advent in 1914 and the sentiment
now seems paramount to replace the
Manchus with the native Chinese.
A committee is now studying the
methods of government of the various
European and American governments,
TO the end of adopting the best of
them. The committee is divided into
several parts, but will meet in Switzer-
land at the conclusion of the investl-
cation to compare impressions.
Whether or not the radical or con-
sentative members will prevail at the
convention is matter of doubt.
DR.. Allen will return to China IN
the fall