CHINA WANTS A NAVY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 7 April 1908, Page 8

CHINA WANTS A NAVY

THRASH JAPAN.

ft lf we had an effective navy, a line of modern battleships, and a disciplined:army,.;we,: would not wapte our time in a boycott," were thej words used by Mr., Tong v qhai,.Ch l h, %* of the Tung Wab. Times, in diacussing the^esent.posiiaoii. of affairs with., a Sydney, Morning, Herald reporter. «Xc l " hfi added, striking a ' determined attitude,; ( i( we would declare war against Japan at once, and give them what they are looking for-a good thrashing. If we were only able to defend ourselves, we would not. tolerate; these insults for a- single moless .*wa^jsJl(&~ suoH wl enprmbns population ,as) China shoiila be able t6 protect its pobple and its trade! ' We^ught not to 'be ma position which compels ub to 'quietly Bubmit to therie- attacks J>y>*»e Japanese, i^nd , the peofije ar^no^ayajfening to the/»fflct. A J>p you, knoT, he signißoantly, whisße.ijed, "1, tevja just received ; adyiceß 1;o the ,effect i that six big navajl^colleges are to be eßtabTished in duTereht parts' 6f China to thoroughly train an army of ofißcers for a future powerful navy, and our attitude. inVjft few years will be very.. different.'/ ' A prominent Chinese .merchant, referring!;to i&e coining, boycott, remarked: "The, Cheese Ijerc^hant Society in j Honglsong and "CaiAon ''"controls all trade— it is stronger^thafi the law. The pride of China ' has been "Severely wounded by a' demand f 6r an apology, and if "a boycott is 'instituted at. home, you may depend upon it. that we will loyally follow he*e,." „