CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 268

COF.

Enclosure 1,

to

The Honouraole

Sir.

The Registrar-Šeneral,

Present.

C.O.

35986

Re: 9 001 05

265

Hongkong, 14th. August, 1905.

I am directed by the Committee of the Chinese

Commercial Union to address you under the following circumstances:-

As His Excellency the Governor, is no doubt

aware a wide-spread movement has been started amongst the Chinese in

many places in China and also in the British Colony of the Straits

Settlements for the purpose of the boycotting by Chinese of American

goods and products, such movement is attributable to the patriotic,

and, as it seems to us, legitimate desire of inducing the Government

of the United States of America to modify the very stringent laws

which they have made in connection with the exclusion of Chinese from

the United States of America.

Under these circumstances, we would most res-

-pectfully ask His Excellency the Governor for a permit under his

hand, under the provisions of Section 51 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1888,

authorizing public meetings of opinion to be held in houses Nos. 30

and 32, Des Voeux Road, Central, Victoria, in this Colony, for the

purpose of discussing and, if necessary, passing resolutions in cca-

-nection with the question as to what action to be taken by the

Chinese in this Colony in regard to the above movement,

i have etc.,

(Sa.) Fung Wa Chun,

Chairman,

Chinese Commercial Union.