The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

! a thousand-odd girls left the cstab -
ha rre ana Wss to rssgrn
trouble. strange to say. came from a
| coffin.
The, girls were in the habit of,
changing from one department to an
other without asking the manager, and
/ they looked so much alike that the.
foreign officials could not tell If they
4 We're in their right places. Thereupons
a system of badges was instituted, Civ
ing to each girl pin labeled With
characters indicating the name OF thes
department to which she helonged.s 3
Every girl had to have her own badge
and wear it. The badges were round u
square or shaped like a Keystone, ac-&
icording to the rooms in which the girls
worked. 1t was the last badge which
order went forth the girls with thes
Keystone pins struck. and the next
noon the others Went out. 1t was ats
terward found that the objection lay .
badges would bring bad luck to their.
Wearers, because they were shaped
like the head of a coffin. 1t was some
time before this could be rcnedied and
the employees brought into line.
BoycottinS the British.
And this brings me to the new poy-sg:
colt which was recently instituteds
against the British steamers on thes
fangtse- kiang.. am told that soma
OF the companies are losing $1,000 a.
day and that the Chinese are refusing.
to ship by them because certain deck
passenger died from q kick given by
one or the steamship ticket collectors
The British are much alarmed about
the matter and are doing all they can
to appease the Chinese.
The irst great boycott against for
americans; two or three years ago.
The merchants Of the largest cities,
then bound themselves not to buy
American goods, and imposed a pens
their organization who did so. After
this boycott was raised. the trouble
with the japanese caused by the inns
portation OF arms on the Satsu Marus 4
until it cost japan many millions of ]
dollars. About six months ago Chs 4
nese official told me that the damages j
to Japanese trade had already az
that the guilds OF Canton had sworn
to make them s15o0Oo,o00 before they b
got through. That boycott was most &
powerful at Canton. The people there. Il
men had anti-Japan clubs and tna II
merchants refused to ship in Japanese 81
steamers The loss OF trade created Y
financial distress all over Japan. and "
the government, officials at Toxic We're W
at loss as to how TO handle tho Sit As
uation. Said one of them to mo: ~
I'VE cannot fight the Chinese be-s Ss
cause they Will not trade with us. The a
that kind, and are practically helps ~
less. This Is, SO because the United U,
States knuctled down and permitted
the first boycott. Had she acted other s
wise she might have stopped Chinese; ~
boycottng forever" e 81
but how could she do that?" n
Easy enough them although notl IA
at all now, With the precedent es- sl
The boycott was started, and l told
your minister, AR. Rockhill. how has K
could stop It, Said i.
What your government should do
is 10 make a firm stand against the
boycott. and at the same time send e
gunboat or so along the coast under 9
pretense OF surveying the waters. The III
ships should stop at the islands. and ss
through the country. The Chinese will n
become alarmed. but the naval officers n
IAN. tell them that they are merely sur,
seSlng fort schemes adding al the end
IS, TO what China intends to do as to
he boycott The government viii fear
hat the United states Is about to rec
aliate and an edict will be sent forth
hat the boycott must be stopped. -
and what did Mr.. Rockhill say To
hat?"AI asked S
"ch, replied the Toxic, statesman.
he had not enough backbone to try
I, He said he had no doubt but that
be plan would work, but that he did 81
'ot dare TO suggest u, When ! asked N
Why not, he significantly said: ] dor's Ms
are to do it. don't dare. Our
eddy would Jump AT ittin. a minute,' ~
And concluded this man, It have Al
% doubt but that President Roosevelt
would have jumped at 1t: and had ha
one so. there would have been no
urther trouble as TO American goods "
nd none as to other foreign goods I'M
he future. As Ii Ia now tho psyche.
ogical moment has passed. and noe w
on only but also we Snd all others
aust get on our kneeSfto thHse boYs
citing, Celestials. a M IS nj IN
Copyright. 1910. by Frank q, Ca
pentet.)