The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-29
CHINESEBA
ACTORS WHEN
THEY GET MAD
FOREIGNERS Put in Hard Sit
uation BY Strike Riots
in Orient
RY CHARLES p. STEWART
NEA Service Writer

Washington, June 29.-Unlted
States Consul General Cunningham
is coming in for certain amount
of criticism in Washington for re-
porting the international police testi-
fled in firing into mob of native
strike demonstrators during the
Shanghai clash which precipitated
the latest anti-foreign outbreak in
, China.
Traditionally friendly to the Chi
nese. as people, official Washing
ton tends to the view that foreigners
among them drove them to violence
bv their own high-handed behavior,
arrogance and greed.
In some quarters the guess is haz-
arded that Cunningham has absorbed
tho atmosphere of the Shanghai
"European settlement" until he has
come to share it's prejudices.
Making all due allowance. however,
for the fact that the Chinese have
plenty of reason for hating most OF
the "foreign devils" in their midst,
vet the further fact remains that the
Comparatively small number of the
latter actually in China haven't much
choice but to defend themselves when
the natives 20 on the rampage.
Theoretically it's all very well to
saw that the foreigners bring trouble
on themselves. There are foreigners
who do say so and deprecate the
treatment of the Chinese by Euro
peans"-all aliens, including the jap
ancse, classed as Europeans In
China. =.
But in case of anti-foreign disor-
ders, what are these friends OF the
natives to do? They needn't imag-
inc mob of ignorant coolies will
make any distinctions in their favor
It's up to them to help stand Oft
the rush-or be cut up into oatmeal
and do their protesting later. And
the police policy is to let no rushes
, gain momentum. =,
There are so many Chinese tha'
they're mighty hard to stop wher
they fairly get started.
Quite likely Cunningham hac
som thing of this kind in mind il
, his defense of the Shanghai inter
L national police, rather than defense
of the general conduct of Euro
pcans" in China.
Even a small mix-up with Grove
< of the Chinese coolie class is un
. pleasant and the rapidity with which
y such affairs start is astonishing.
" Out rather late one night il
Shanghai the year before the war, al
:, American friend and stopped on tn
: wav to our hotel for a bite to ca
> at the Carleton Club, fashionabl
restaurant in the foreign quarter.
q My idea was to pay off our rick
n shaw coolies and let them go
n 'rickshaw being small two-wheele
70 gig in which the passenger sits
ease, while the coolie runs betwee
the shafts in front. My companion
notion was that it would be bette
Sc to have them wait outside.
to Well, they did. Finishing GU
a. lunch and coming out 80 minute
Up later, we couldn't pick our pair OF
from the Is to 100 Of their kind gait
IN cred at the club entrance. Sensin
in our dilemma, the whole swarm Dol
ed down on US.
Fl. Of course our two were anon
IS, them and entitled to their money b,
IS, it was hopeless to try to identi1
:; them. A riot started.
lis In about one minute that sire
/, was paCkeu Will d JdUUSLAs sAA "
ne of Chinese-and not one chance und
=. heaven of explaining ourselves. F.
~ all most of the mob knew, we
=. killed somebody.
~, w. Retiring into the club. we bolt
the door while the manager tel
We phoned for the Sikhs-the Indian p
! ! lice the settlement" mainly Deepen
IT, on.
at The row being trifling affair,
p;r took only half dozen Sikhs to bre
it up-with the butt ends of the
carbines. I'll say, however. that
were glad to see those Sikhs, and
|,Y think l understand Consul Genel
~ Cunningham's viewpoint. even thou
~ he may have been sorry for t
- Chinese killed in the recent distul
ii. ance.
~" AS for our two coolies, of coul
10 they lost the money we owed tn,
~ and maybe were "beaned" by the ST
nf policemen into the bargain. VIII
Va was too bad, but how could we h
+ho it?