An official telegram received. from Washington says that a special session of Congress has been called for the 10th of October. The President of the United States has called this special session of Congress to deal with pressing. business of legislation that has been raised by the Chinese boycott. The tour of the Taft! party.in the Philippines will be arranged 50 that the Congressmen may'take' thei seats at the opening of the. session, American-shipping agents and insurance' companies who are most affected by the action of the local, Chindse are projecting meeting to discuss the situation. It is 8.common belief among them that nothing can be done to alleviate the situation until Congress shall have disposed of the exclusion situation by legislative enactment. Realising that San Francisco and. the Pacific Coast are the centres of the: anti-Chinese agitation, it has been proposed by ral members of the} American Asiatic Association in Yoko-hams, that in the interests' of American trade in China strong representations to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the California State Board of Trade be ins ing opinion there. ofan American tailoring establishment is making atragements to open a branch in Yokohama with a view to seizing the which it is on friendly term from the Chinese who have' hither At time of writing the boycott-in Yokohama "has not begun to havea very appreciable effect; ts Toliatory, having yet, several days' to: rin they will be on what may be called a thoroughly. workable has 'American shipping firms say' falling offin business dus to thebo} not been of apy, material'. opinion is exposed in some the bottom of the movement m drop out and: that the Chines supporting it in spirit, will not be; 7 surreptitious business transactions with American firms when too' close an.adherence to the theory of reprisal..will begin to, fectthomselves; moreover, it is suggested: here that other'foreigh merchants. 'Thus. the. ro-Prosontations'to Peking of the English merchants and the' foreign' Chambet of Commerce it Shanghai are considered here to be tithely. Moaiwhile, Wu Chung-yer, Chinese' Consul-General in; holds ati, opposite view. Ta triest determined. movements, by Chinese in years, and-he, be will, be indivertibly prescouted: until, Jogislation is enacted by. the, American, Congress, that., will: satisfy Chinese that, they are not. being unjustly discriminated against in the exclusion laws.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.