Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-02-22
TO MOBILIZE $4,000 MEN.
Washington Sends Word to Admiral
sigsbee, Now in the Mediterranean,
to Hold Himself in Readiness
for Service Off China.

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preparations Of the War department
for troubIein China are complete there
will be 3S. 900 men modified at Manila.
The War department. IL Is learned to.
day, has determined to add several
more regiments, among them four
|reeiments Of infantry and seven bat
terleS. to the force decided upon as
troops for Chinese service.
The navy is also active and has d.
rected Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squad
ron, consisting Of one armored and
three protected cruisers, now In the
Mediterranean sea. ITO hold itself in
readiness to proceed to the Far East
and report to Rear Admiral Train,
|commandcr-inschIef Of the Asiatic
tleet,p Tho Navy department. also has
sent instructions TO Rear Admiral
Train to take such measures as may
seem to him advisable for the adequate
protection OF Americans and their
interests. Gunboats OF the Helena
class, which have been undergoing
repairsat Manila. WILDE commissioned
without further delay and sent to
China for use on the Yangtse-kiang
Rear Admiral Train has arranged
With missionaries living 10 the terri
tory trayersed by this steam to hurry
tocertain points in case Of apprehen-
sion Of trouble, and upon arrival they
win be picked up by the men.of war.
STEAMSHIP MANS OPINION.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-R. P. Schwerin,
vice president and general manager Of
the Pacific Mail Steamship company
whose business relations with people
OF China have been Intimate for more
than dozen years, regards the situa-
tlon 10 China With grave apprehension.
He considers the manifestations Of
disorder as primarily anti-American,
but with the sentiment OF "China for
the Chinese" underlying the eruptions,
the trouble is certain in his opinion to
spread and become an antiforeign ups
rising that will make all other nation
alities excepting the Japanese the
objects Of attack. Speaking OF the
prospect Of trouble, Mr.. schEerin
said:
"The present situation is certainly
exceedingly serious and the safety OF
all the missionaries In the empire is
menaced. Indeed, | should not be
surprised at any time to read OF q
wholesale massacre. And II IL should
come to such pass-which / fervent-
ly hope may be avoided-we simply
would be paying the penalty OF our
follya and reaping the fruit of our ont
rageous treatment Of the Chinese.
BLAMEs LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
"rhe boxer uprising Of 1900 was one
OF the evidences Of the ferment Of
antI-foreign feeling, but when order
had been restored no people stood
closer to the Chinese than did the
Americans. And as a result our trade
with China had increased by leaps and
bounds since the end Of the boxer out
break. But the antl-American boy
cott has not only checked the devolp-
ment Of trade relation, but the com
plete destruction of what had been
built up is now threatened. All OF
this is only the reflex Of the active and
aggressive methods Of certain labor
on the Pacific coast.
The clear intent OF the treaty Of 1884
has been perverted. 1t defined the
excluded class, but In response to the
constantly assertiye labor influences
regulation has been piled upon regula-
tion until the treaty provisions have
been buried out OF sight.
"Then again the labor organizations
on the coast have applied the boycott
not only against Chinese goods import
ed into the country, but against the
merchant who would buy garden pro-
ducts OF the Chinese farmer in the
coast states. Aud the result has been
that the Cinnamon have turned the
weapon upon the Americans who
taught them by example the power
II possessed" !"