The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
BoycOeting the British.

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BOycOetiIig the British.
And this brings me to the new boy
colt which was recently instituted
Yangtse-Kiang. 1 am told that some
of the companions are losing q thou
sand dollars a lay. and that the Chi-
nese are refusing to ship by them be-
cause a certain deck passenger died
from a kick given by one OF the steam
ship ticket collectors. The British arc
much alarmed about the matter ant
are doing all they can to appease tbs
Chinese.
The first great boycott against for
eignerS was that imposed upon the
Americans two or three years ago. The
merchants Of the largest cities then
bound themselves not to buy Aneri~
can goods. and imposed a penalty Of
$500 900 upon any member OF their ore
ganfzation who did so. After his boy
colt was raised. the trouble with the
Japanese caused by the importation OF
arms on the Tatsu Maru was institu~
ted, and it was continued until 1t cost
Japan many millions of dollars. About
six months ago a Chinese official told
me that the damages to Japanese
trade had already aggregated more
than forty millions, and that the guilds
OF Canton had sworn to make them
one hundred and fifty millions before
they got through. That boycott was
most powerful at Canton. The people
there would use nothing japanese.
The women had anti-Japan clubs and
h merchants refused to ship in JaD@
anese steamers. The loss of trade ore
ated financial distress all over Japan.
and the government officials at Toxic
were at a loss as to how to handle
h situation. Said one OF them to-
me:
we cannot fight the Chinese be-
cause they will not trade with us. The
powers would not stand for A war
Of that kind, and we are practically
helpless. This Is so because the Uni~
ted States knuckled down and permit
ted the first boycott. Had she acted
otherwise she might have stopped
Chinese boycotting forever"
Put how could she d6 that"
Easy enough then, although not
at all now with the precedent estab~
l1shed. ] was in Peking at the time
the boycott was started, and I told
your minister, Mr.. Rockhill, how he
could stop it. Said I:
what your government should do
IS 10 make q firm stand against the
boycott, and at the same time send
q gunboat or SO along the coast un~
Ger pretense Of surveying the waters.
The ships should stop at the islands
and now and then make an expedition
off through the %ountry The Chinese
will become alarmed, but the naval
ofhcers can tell them that they are
merely surveying for science, adding
at the END OF each rerlv q significant
question as to what China intends to
90 as TO the boycott. The government
VIII rear that the United States is
about to retaliate and an edict will be
senf forth that the boycott must be
stopped"
And what did Mr.. Rockhill say 10
that?' I asked.
on replied the Toxic statesman,
ne mad not enough to try
it. he said he had no doubt but that
the plan would work. but that he did
NOT care to suggest it. When [ asked
why not, he significantly said: I don't
care 10 do it. I don't dare. Our Ted
ny would jump at it in a minute
and concluded this man. "I have
oour~ but that President Roosevelt
would h We jumped at it; and had he
zone so tho~o ~~~'s ho-a been no
" trouble as to American GOO s
and none q >raigr Goods
IN tne future. AS it is now the psych-
oIog1cai has passed, and not
YOU. only. but also we and all others
must get on our knees to these boy-
cotting celestials."
helis1oh never means much until
: - more tina all religions.