Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-25
Boycotters
Aggressive
CANTON CHINESE REFUSING TO
LOAD JAPANESE SHIPS.
COMPETITION

tnu cDrrpgulndpnt of the UOnEkOnE
Tclegraph. I'm n message To that
journal dated March 2Sth. SAYS that
in pursuance of the Japanese boy
cot propaganda another monster
| meeting was held at the hcaduuart-
crs of The Canton ScIr-Govcrnmcnt
Association ON the previous day. II
is needless to state that. I'm the pre-
scnt tcmpcr of the pcopIc. addresses
were delivered in rather vigorous
language TO urrc the pcoplc TO fall
in with the boycutt movement. Mr..
! Chui Kun Min. I'm his discourse,
stated that the Japanese had shown
| themselves to be most patriotic.
They consider It derogatory. to buy
goods of foreign manufacture for
their use. The Chinese should emu
! late the Iauancse example. The
! ylcrruy'g proclamation. I'm which he
cxhorted the peoplc not to stir up
the feeling of the mass in boycotting
japanese goods with view of
avoiding m outbreaks of disturbances
| but TO advise means to encourage
the dcyclopmcnt, of native manufac-
tories, was read before the assembly.
who appIaudcd II
Al the meeting All those present
Iacrcrd to take steps 10 conduct the
lboyco,t movement i'm n lawful man
nor and thcv have bccn warned
th,t If II sbnuId hammer that Ian.
apese should Insult a Chinaman I'm
thc streets without rcoeop. fighting
! must be avoided at all costs and mol
iacmcn should at once he sent for TO
zeal with the offender in order that
the Japancgc can bv no mems find
any fault with the Chinese since
the Chinese believe that they are
kocnly seeking for ground to bully
the Chinese people.
II was resolved To request all the
people throughout the Empire and
also those Chinese abroad I'm foreign
countries to Jointly memorialise the
Throne begging for the early ingti-
Il tuition of a parliament.
II this request is granted, the
meeting undertook to take measures
.or yubscriptions to be at once solic-
tied from the public for the Gorma-
tiun of the nucleus of a Navy. and
, ir the funds derived from subscrin-
tons are not sufficient for the pur-
pose. money should be raised by the
governments of the different pro-
vinces towards the necessary eXpen-
dlture.
At present in carving ont the
boycott movement vigorously the
merchants of the Seventy-two Guilds
are recommended to Immediately
raise "A certain sum of money for the
establishment Of big concern with
Il large stock Of goods from different
countries after the style of the firm
/ Cf Sin See (SinccroD Co., in Hong
kong, and to sell the goods ut fixed
prices. Chinese articles should be
exhibited for sale in order to cncou-
rage the native manufacturers to
tGrn out their products after i'm
a proved patterns.
, When the proceedings of the
, meeting were about to he ended. Il
large amount of subscriptions was
, promised by those present for the
, proposed undertaking, and II was
=, decided TO open an office for the col
p lection of the subscriptions on the
2nd day of the Bird moon. At the
meeting deputation was selected to
proceed to Fatghan on the 29th ulti-
mo and to Wuchow on the 30th ulti-
mo to attend meetings to be held
csc boycott.
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