Mrs. King of Ningpo, the Chinese lady student who lately returned to this country from England vie America, where the treatment accorded to the party by the Immigra'ion officials led to a direct appeal to President Roosevelt, has been giving some sound advice to her countrymen on the subject of the Boycott. At a meeting of the World's Chinese Students' Federation on Sunday Mrs. King lecture, from a summary of whic!
"Nanfangpeo" we quote the following:—"The people of Ching have awakened to the sudden realisation of their power. By their united boycotting of American goods, they have shown to the world what harm they can do to an unfriendly nation, however powerful she may be: But with' great power goes great responsibility; and the Chinese: people leannot -be too careful' of their actions, especially, as many of the leaders of the boycott movement are responsible for their actions neither to the Government nor to their own interests. Moreover, American has been China's good friend, the late Secretary Hay and President McKinley both having performed invaluable services to China in her troubles. The Chinese people should now wait patiently for the Uongress of the United States to take action: the time may come, however, when still more united and determined measures will have to be adopted by the Chinese people: to accomplish their object, but in the meantime let the people preserve their dignity wud calmness, and not by repeated sonding of telegrams and petitions imitate the doings of an impatient child, that soys, must have that thing, and I must have it at once.'
Every nation has her difficult problems, and one of the most diflionlt for the Western nations to solve at present the conflict of Labour and Capital, the former fighting for a fair wage and fower hours, and the latter seeking to increase their wealth at as little cost as possible. It is no light task for the: Western governments to discover means, whereby he thousands, nay, hundreds of thou-ands, of unemployed labourers of their own race and blood may be saved from moral and physical degradation, if not from starvation, and the Chinese people should remember this' fact,.whon- they demand that Chinese coolies be admitted into America.
Dr. King urged the boycott loaders to set aside the funds, which are being pended in prosecuting and propagating the movement, and. employ them for the purpose of opening up the wild and uncultivated parts of Mongolia nnd the Now Dominion, #0 that ourlabonrers may not find it necessary to emigrate to for Tanda to seek a ivelibood, but mays down as peaceful and prosperot agriculturists in their mother country. By thus doing, they will not only avoid the inhospitable treatment and. even persecution of foreign vations, but also develop the resources of their own country.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.