The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02
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have coined for the thousand miles
of coast facing the east from LuZon
to the south of the archipelago. The
two additional regiments sent to the
East are for this frontier work, sent
at my recommendation, and to be ready
at hand in case of any emergency. All
the great powers with outlying de-
Tendencies keep troops available. Eng
land has in her small possession of
Hongkong more troops than COM
manded in tho whole Philippines, there
being 10000 British and only 1900
Americans. These troops are to prevent
trouble, not to foment it,
There is no foundation for the
alarming reports being sent out re-
garding the trouble in China. The
boycott of American goods caused
some concern, but the matter is rapid
~ adjusting itself. do not know who
started the policy, but 1 can say with
certainty that it did not have the
sympathy of the Chinese government.
1t is now practically stopped. l am
told by leading merchants of Hong
kong, Shanghai and Canton that things
are coming round and assuming their
normal condition.
BOYCOTT ENDED.
"There Is certainly dissatisfaction In
China, but 1t is directed against all
foreigners holding concessions from the
government that do not pay taxes COM
mensurate With the Importance of the
grants given them. This feeling is
quite as intense against the German
and English concessioparies as against
the American. 1t is true beyond ques-
ton that the Chinese feel that they
should own and control their own fran
| chises. Particularly, is this true to-
wards the railroads, which they are
very much in favor of but which they
wish to build themselves for their owr
| use and benefit.
There have been some outrages per.
petrated in the neighborhood of Can
| ton, but those most competent to testi-
| fly place the responsibility entirely up
| on river pirates. Army officers and
| others who have been investigating and
getting at the facts in these matters
are my authorities for saying this.
Along the coast and on the river
| at Canton there are half a million peo-
Pile living in junks and boats and these
have about the same relation to law
and order as the ladrones did in the
Philippines. They are, bands of or
| ganized robbers, making raids into the
interior and robbing, plundering ant
numbering. They kill and rob Chinese
much more than they do whites ano
the Chinese government has put int
commission a number of sman gun
boats to clean them out.
DISLIKE MISSIONARIES.
| IT have made careful investigation
and l am prepared to say the Chimes
government is losing no effort to pro
tect the lives and property of all for
eigners, especially Americans, notwith
standing that there is a feeling gen
orally of distrust and dislike towards
the missionaries.
"A prominent Chinaman said to me
Our people feel very much on thi
matter as the Americans would feel 1
we forced a Buddhist mission upoi
New York The missionaries. who ar
very frequently denounced by travel
ers, are as a rule an excellent lot o
people, doing the will of their Maste
as they see 1t, but their presence II
China, where the people do not wan
them, is one of the questions most Sc
riously to be considered.
IF we are to have American mis-
to have troops there to protect them.
Yesterday afternoon the General pail
a formal visit TO Acting Governor At
kinson, who will return the call to
day.