Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-26
WU TING FANG
SUPPORTS BOYCOTT
Former Chinese Minister To
United States Interviewed.
GAYS CHINA 10 At A CRISIS
And Country 10 Passing Through o
Transition Stage and that her
Statesmen and People Feel the Need
Of Reform.

Pekin. Feb. 2i.-Wu Ting Fang. for.
mer Chinese minister to the United
States when interviewed for the first
time ON the existing situation In Chi.
m. spoke In support Of the boycott
WI Ting Fang IL now living quietly
In Pekin deyoting his time TO codify.
No the laws Of China. one OF the nu.
merous reforms under way. He sui.
fered for . long time from deafness
from the effects OF the explosion OF the
bomb near him at tho railway station
hast September. but has now recover.
cd. Speaking Of present conditions
Wa Ting Fang said:
China 10 at a crisis and Is passing
through Q transition stage Her states
men and people feel tAat China needs
reform. but there are great differences
OF opinion regarding the means. There
are several classes Of reformers. There
are those who speak foreign languages
and who have been abroad and who
have had experience on both sides OF
the question.
They favor sensible and useful re-
form. but not too radical. 10 a. TO
make China nrst able % stand upon
her own feet Ths number Of these
seaside refOrmers In few. am one
OF them.
The ruling classes also know that
something should be done. but they
are at their wits' end TO know what
TO do.
The third class Is composed OF the
young students who are too rash. They
need training and experience. Ftnan-
,cial reforms should be carried out In
the 9rst place. but without foreign ad-
vice and capital Il would be impossible
TO do 90 under present conditions. |
was working out q scheme which had
70 be abandoned because Il was nee.
essary to call on foreign advice. The
new coinage 10 . stopgap.
One thing upon which the majority
Of Chinese are agreed Is that China
has been deprived OF many rights BY
concessions and territorial grants and
BY the way her people have been treat
ed by foreigners In China and foreign
countries.
Many Chinese who have gone
abroad 10 America. Australia and the
Philippines, write home complaining OF
arbitrary determinations made against
the Chinese. which dare not be attempt.
ed against other foreigners. There
fore every one Is angry and hence the
boycott Of American goods. illustrating
the feeling against the unjust exclusion
laws. II has spread over China. and
IN solely IN retaliation against unjust
discrimination. and 10 not anti-foreisn.
THE Chinese people and ofI,cials ara
on good terms With oil foreisuers. and
have no hostile feelings towards them
The Chinese merchants have the best
feeling towards foreign merchants.
THE majority OF the people In tbs
interior who write that they are vel
treated. with no signs OF hostility
against them.
These rumors OF anti-foreign feel
tng are not well founded. Sensible
men advise boycottcrs and agitsiorS
To b. reasonable and not In treat per
sons unkindly. but To continue their
friendship as before.
Unfortunately. disturbances In sew
eral places are arising from the boy
cot. but this l. no sign Of an ont
break against foreigners"
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