Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-19
Action - Jdy Causes Germans to
>Ss>$N .esyure at Psking.
CAPITALISTS NOT WELL TREATED
Apaness Lawyer Charges High Fee for
Seeing Laws Are Respected.
OFFICERS OF transport PUNISHED
Men who Permit RussIans to Sink
Vessel Are Dismissed from
Service and Others Are
Denoted.

TOXIC, Aug. 1S-(Special Cablegram to
The Bee.)-High japanese oflcials deny
the statements of Messrs ]. r. Patterson
C. w wrightson, II. de Gray and l..
Wildwood to the effect that the japanese
government Is discriminating against for
eigners. According to these gentlemen
who accompanied a party of Shanghai mer-
chants through southern Manchuria from
New ChwanE to Lao Yang and Mukden'
thence to Hsinmintun and back to Picking,
Americans and Englishmen are not receiV-
ing fair treatment. These merchants spent
month in investigation OF trade condl-
tions throughout the zone Of japanese In
fluence in Manchuria and in Peking. They
made a report to Sir Robert Hart upon
their Investigations. and suggested to him
that certain trade conditions there be
called to the attention OF Great Britain.
Memorial to Government.
1t should be understood in England and
America that the Toxic Commercial So
ciety has rnemorialized the governor gen
eral of Lao Tung, General Baron Osh-
ina. on the subject of South Manchurian
trade The association wants to know i'm
mediately the full carrying capacity OF
the East China railroad and has asked
that a large area of land In the vicinity
OF Dalny wharf be appropriated as quickly
as possible to the building Of warehouses
and other shipping facilities. This activity
on the part OF the Toxic Commercial So
clety has inspired the German association
Of Shanghai to forward to the German
minister at Peking an urgent appeal that
he put pressure upon the imperial customs
OF China to establish its service in Man
churiau open towns soon as possible.
Americans and English capitalists are
also complaining that their Investments
are not safe and the following incident
Is cited to show that the rush OF foreign
money will not last long. A very large
corporation sought to protect the eastern
side Of its business by promoting an al
lied Japanese company. 1t very carefully
invested 5000 coo yen, and In order to cover
the transactions It had everything done in
the name of its Japanese lawyer. Then
one of the leaders Of, the enterprise be-
came japanese subject, a Japanese COM
pany was formed and the lawyer was re-
auested to draw up the necessary deeds
transferring all the properties from his
own name to that OF the new body. Ger
tainly," he replied, but my fee win be
1.0o0 900 yen" The million had to be paid
to him and the people had no redress
The court martial which has been sit
ting at Toxic for some time past to in
vestigate the conduct OF the officers who
left the transport Kinshiu Maru before
she was sunk by the Russian cruiser Ros-
sia has concluded its labors.
Captains Shina and Sakurai, Com
manders Mizozuchi and ogurs. Paymaster
Ida, two lieutenants, and one ensign have
been dismissed from the army and reduced
TO the position of commoners.
The report on the foreign trade OF China
in 1905 as issued from the statistical de-
partment OF the inspectorate general OF
customs at Shanghai Is out Mr.. H. B.
Morse, the statistical secretary, devotes an
interesting paragraph of his report to the
question OF the boycott against American
goods. There has been a considerable dis
location OF trade which appears to have
been more marked In the minor distribut-
ing csnters. and from time TO time a re-
orudescence of the agitation is still re-
ported from one place or another Much
suspicion has been created. and much hos
tility engendered. but the general verdict
Is that not much injury has yet been
caused to the American manufacturer and
American merchant, while another proof
has been given OF the solidarity of inter-
national trade. and the truth of the OBJ
servation that injury to the trade OF one
nation OF OF one commercial body IL certain
70 react on others in relations with them.
The final effeot OF the boycott. however,
Mr.. Morse concludes, cannot yet be seen.
and the verdict on the movement will have
20 be deferred till the close OF another
year, or TIL an even later date.