Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
CHINESE OBJECT
TO CRUEL LAWS
CIRCULARS ISSUED IN PEKING
AGAINST THEM
Excitable Citizens Cite Instances Of
Injustice and MeddIe with Affairs
which Do Not Concern Them.
Are After Chinese Trade
ny ). NJ. EAGAN
.ah,e 10 The Herald.

Gpocial Cable TO Il ne Hloi"iN'
PEKING, Nov. 17.-Posters wioely
circulated here and in the provinces
g,ve promise of inaugurating new
literature Of revolt one circular Is
,ssued by the warm-hearted peopie y.
rrob II is passionate profess,
AGAINST the "cruel laws lnaue &
X,s,a,.ica against the Chinese. ana II
caiie on the people to MAINTAIN
bovcott of American goods, l. S pV's's9 ns9
10 the success of the boycott, anu ain,
serts that 'it is carried Oh - can
civilized manner that no eHSuso
be found for it's suppression. .u,,ad
s.,f,1,a Foreigners have characterinSU
-. Sthinese as being without patrloss- "
ism and without unity" II says, .r,,e
nur duty to prove that this Iiot &c
Mr. Chang, a wealthy m merclla,' M
e.hanohai. left his great fortune ". VI
I SnanSsa so,. IN order to start the boycott
NJ. E,,ng q Young man OF great ta-
,n..i., sacrifced his life for the purPvse
~ encouraging his country iIly,l. s,l ,,,
Tiang Chinese minister az Wasth s the
TON fought for the cancellaIlI,n los
cruel exclusion laws at 'ire
ing his appointment. no. ore things
;sWealth honor and Ire arr antIe-
,,,a ali care for. But these three seI'aJi I'll
,,,en were quite ready to give lneii Il' their
IN in order that they shoulu hetp re
avn countrymen. Ought we ,iot ~ dis-
snect their motives and aVolo oae craa-
Grace of being called cold plooueN
t,,res'? Boycott! Boycott! os ~
..,T'I,ere are cold -blooded creatures "
80 ioyyest order who still buy Ahgrl
,..,,, goods. Do not argue WITH 1nelii. .lil. ~
all chinese with warm bloou HOY VIE, &c 80,
their veins apply to these low dnt7e
the same method that tney h"No
to American goods. ...t details
I....
80 +ha marks on American goous' 81
that all can know them. ,,,or be
Hnoiber circular is much graVer, pe-
ca,,se II rIainly shows Japanese M Mlliliu
once When the boycott OF an Aliiel .i-'.,.,,
Goods started in China last year s,,,y li,s.ry
foreigners declared that II w 1onon-
and secretly engineered by tne p,..,o oapun
Gee T1his charge was made. not pecause
of anv direct proof. but because OF tne
ainoost universal suspicion OF Japanese
nolicy and intentions felt by Wnlte peo-
ple in the far east. ,.ro+ad
Careful inquiry has denoIstr1T.,So IT.
that this charge is unfoundeu' ne
American boycott was of Chinese OIL.
;n and under Chinese control But
T. is true that certain Japanese agents
Of the Japanese Government lopacco
,oonopoly and others utilized the poy
cott and encoura ged it in order TO eX-
tend their own trade.
Poster ITOn tldhNO"
nroof of this. The heading is Hasten
to read this, patriotic gentlemen.
1-be noster is an appeal to boycott
American cigarette and buy Japanese:
a poster from Hankow gives goo9
"Americans are composed OF wlckeu
,ninds poisonous as acid. 1t asserts.
s,rhey have told the British that they
sell cigarettes in order to in1ure Chlhese
and ruin their lives, To ask Tor one nI
t. n 0ck
of a Chinese If you do this. your heart
Is as fierce as a wolf Are you not
afraid that the thunder will strike
you?"
The final paragraph of this poster re-
veals it's source of origin. "Should you
wish to smoke cigarettes. smoke the
Dragon or PHOENIX brands, manufac-
tured by the Japanese Government To
bacco bureau. whose agents are the
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
The third piece of literature is
small pamphlet that was issued and cir
cIllated in immense quantities in the
province of Honan. This province was
anti-foreign part of China, and was
noted for it's bad treatment of white
missionaries and travellers. Bonan has
been caught in the wave of reform, and
is mending its ways.
In Chinese
The pamphlet is written in the most
familiar colloquial Chinese in order to
appeal to the common man. 1t is logical
and able, and what we should call a
mastery political appeal. 1t points out
that China today is surrounded by
many nations. Japan to the east Rus
sia to the north. England. France. Ger
many, America to the west. All of these
are stronger than China, and they have
all determined to steal Chinese terri
tory. If nations land is gone that
nation is ruined. What can be done to
stoD them?
First. the Chinese must learn. There
is not a foreigner who does not give 20
years to study. The woman of foreign
ers carry books about with them. so
that evidently even they can read.
These foreigners study not the classics.
but practical things. Technical educa-
tion is their strength Let China have
technical education.
The Chinese women must abandon
foot binding, and the Chinese man must
put his opium pipe on one side. China
must be united, So long as there is no
cohesion, China cannot stand. The writ
er uses the familiar illustration of the