New Ulm review., 1912-08-28
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Wednesday, Aug. %, 1912
Clippings from two foreign papers
have come to us this week which
were very interesting to us and we
pass them on to our readers. The
first was taken from Chinese paper
published near Shanghai and de-
scribes the manner in which John Chi
naman, was relieved of his queue after
the Progressive Party got into power
In China. John doesn't enjoy the op-
Grafton and his efforts to escape re-
mind us of the antics of the stand
patters of the U. S. A. as they view
the advance of the progressives here.
They don't want to have their special
privileges Topped off any more than
the heather Chinee wants to have the
old order changed in his country.
The comment of the Chinese paper
on the high handed manner in which
the queue-cutting is done points out
to us a danger to be avoided in this
country. The Progressives here
should take heed lest they overdo
things in their efforts to sweep the
house clean.
The second clipping is a report In
Canadian paper of an article by VIM.
Marion Reedy in his st. Louis Mirror
The Canadian paper makes no COM
ment on the article it reprints. Per-
haps the Canadians feel that Reedy
has done justice to the subject and
nothing additional is needed from
them.
Both clippings refer to happenings
of somewhat remote date but it is not
TOO late for us to consider the hints
conveyed in them. We reprint them
in full elsewhere in this issue.
(Ffom Morning Post"-China.)
; t, Yesterday's Queue Cutting. =
Following, it is said, instructions
from Peking that all queues were to
be taken of within three days the
authorities lost no time in carrying
out the order Squads Of soldiers
commenced operations in the streets
on Thursday night and by midnight 1t
is said that over two thousand indi.
viduals had been relieved of their su'
perfluous locks. Early yesterday
morning they were at it again and
some amusing incidents were wit
messed while the cutters were in
search of their quarry. When opera
tions were commenced on the Gus
toms Jetty among the coolies work
ing cargo, there was general STAN
pede-hundreds of them rushed to the
cargo boats that were alongside dis
charging, others to sampans and
showed of to safety, while many who
were left behind but able to swim
plunged into the water-thOse who
were unfortunately caught, submitted
to the loss of their appendage with
good grace followed however by a
choice selection of the most forcible
swear words. During the morning
many of the native employees of the
foreign hongs absolutely refused to
leave the premises and considerable
dimculty was experienced in getting
chit-books taken about.
The cutting off Of the queue is GER
tainly desirable from many points but
the manner in which it is being car
ried out has not only caused annoy
ance and inconvenience to their own
country men but to many foreigners
as we'll Two instances ale reported
where the soldiers had the impudence
to actually enter the premises of for
eigners and deliberately stop the men
from the work they were engaged up
ON while they cut off their queues.
Yesterday morning none OF the
Chinese shops in the native city
opened for business and upon inqui-
ries being made we were told that 1t
was done as a protest against the
high handed manner that is being ta-
ken by enthusiastic Republicans IN
the enforcement of queue cutting
which is apparently being done with
the sanction Of the Tutufu.
In addition to the shops in the ma
tive city remaining closed further
step was taken by the traders to show
their objection to the present military
rule by the closing of all the market
places-yesterday morning it was alb
solute1y impossible to obtain any
fresh provisions and many household:
must have betn placed in exceptional
~ unpleasant circumstances. How
long this demonstration is likely K
continue it is impossible to say. W.
hear the idea is to entirely cut of thu
food supplies from the military in Or
der to starve them into a saner stat'
of mind.
(From Saskatoon, Can. Press.)
A Parah.
Reciprocity's set back in the Cana
dian. elections shows us how popula