Document Record

Title

Chinese Times : [1918-09-30]
大漢公報 : [一九一八年九月三十日]

Published

Vancouver, British Columbia : Tai Hon Kong Bo Ltd., 1918

Identifier

sfu.00001_19180930
00001_19180930

Subject

Chinese Canadians--Newspapers
Chinese--Newspapers
Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Vancouver--Newspapers
Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--Newspapers
British Columbia--Newspapers
Vancouver (B.C.)--Newspapers
華裔加拿大人--不列顛哥倫比亞--溫哥華--歷史--報紙
華人--不列顛哥倫比亞--溫哥華--歷史--報紙
中國--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
加拿大--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
不列顛哥倫比亞--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
溫哥華 (不列顛哥倫比亞)-- 歷史--二十世紀--報紙

Document source

University of British Columbia Library

Collection

Newspapers
Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers

Language

Chinese

Description

September 30 2 1) Ambassador Yeung sent a letter to the CBA (Van.) stating that all Chinese, whether they were citizens or not, were exempt from enlistment. 2) CBA (Vic) announced on Sept. 28 that all Chinese should raise flags to celebrate Confucius Day on Sept. 30. 3) In Montreal, a group of Chinese crewmen appealed to the CBA and Ambassador Yeung that they were being mistreated on a steamer. Ambassador Yeung went onboard to investigate the case on Sept. 7. He discovered that the captain had beaten the crewmen, but due to the good friendship between England and China, he did not sue the captain. Instead he went onbaard with a lawyer and sme Chinese merchants to give a trial on the case. As a result, the captain was convicted and he had promised to give better treatment to his crew members.

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