Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-05-15

Quoted that Japanese interests Will
especially suffer, while arrangements
will be made to protect the Chinese.
The patriotism OF the Chinese at pres
ent precludes the possibility OF their
considering the price they may have 10
pay TO humble Japanese commerce. If
this patriotism begins TO wane when
the movement is in full swing il is said
at Washington effective measures will
be resorted to to restore ii and that IL
Chinese merchants suffer in cons
quence they will find many helplhs
hands ready TO urge them on until the
price paid by Japan for the Tatsu
Maru has reached S300000.0O0 Mex.
lean.
Secretary Root would not comment
for publication on the effectiveness
which the boycott may reach. He real
ICES. however, that this is the strongest
weapon the Chinese have and that
when the patriotic spirit of China Is
fred it will not relent until its idea OF
vengeance is satisfied. The Chinese
have heretofore boycotted American
goods, and the state department Is
therefore in a position TO judge of its
effect
The boycott against the Japanese Is
different from the American boycott
in that Japan is the old enemy of Chi
ma, that Chinese subjects have a deep
rooted desire for vengeance which has
never been satisfied and that the pres
ent civilized boycott is in the hands
of persons who evidently by previous
experience know how to make 1t far
reaching and effective.
Talking day and night of little except
the anti-Japanese boycott in their ma
tive country. the Chinese of New York
following their rule and custom Of
ages. await the official fiat from their
various guild headquarters in China
before entering actively upon sym
pathetic movement in the United
States 1t was reported that the Chi
nese Merchants association of New
York would consider the subject Of the
boycott at It's regular weekly meeting
In 16 Mott street the other night, but
the only discussion of the anti-Japa-
nese movement there was a personal
one among the members.
1T is unlikely that the association
will take up the matter officially until
at least four weeks from nov," said
one of the most prominent members,
who speaks English well. 1--WE have
not been officially advised that our
class, the merchants. has agreed to CO.
operate in peaceful trade war upon
the Japanese in reprisal for the Tatsu
Maru affair.
1--WE know only what we read in the
Herald and the few scraps of similar
news printed in the Chinese newspa-
pers in New York. The notice has un-
doubtedly been sent, but 1t will not ar
rive in New York for month, and un-
til il does the association will take no
official action. There will be almost
certainly an active anti-Japanese cam
paign here Immediately thereafter. or
the goods imported to New York's
Chinatown from China and Japan only
about 10 per cent comes from Japan.
and the effect of our action would only
be helping to make the anti-.Iapanese
boycott universal among Chinese mer-
chants the world over 1t would not
amount to much in actual figures.
"The real test will be shown In San
Francisco. When the next japanese
steamship leaves that port for Japan
and China it will be possible to tell to
what extent the boycott has spread in
the United States. If the guilds put out
one little placard in San Francisco'S
Chinatown before that vessel departs
ii will not carry a single Chinese pas
senger nor a pound of freight shipped
by Chinese.
"All of that very large business will
be transferred at once to the American
steamship lines to the orient. This will
mean tremendous loss to the japanese
steamship nhes and to japanese trade
outside of the actual business done by
them.
"When a steamer on its way to Chi
nese ports from America stops at Yo'
kohama the Chinese passengers 60
ashore and spend on an everage go
each in the Japanese city for food
stuffs not carried on the vessels ana