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Show CHINESE WANT CONSUL OUSTED Opposition to Plan to House All $eattle Celestials in One Building Resulted in Indignation Meeting. PORTLAND, Or., March 27. A second sec-ond effort to cause the removal of Moy Back' Bin, Chinese Consul for Oregon, Washington, .Idaho and Montana, has - been started in this city. As was the previous move, several months ago, the present one is headed by Man Hop, a wealthy and prominent Chinese merchant mer-chant of Seattle. A petition will be prepared for the local Chinese to sign, which will be forwarded to Minister Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng at Washington. Wash-ington. It wul contain the same allegations alle-gations as did the Seattle petition. The present movement was precipitated precipi-tated by the Consul's alleged actions In retarding the purchase of a site for a new Chinatown. The Chinese to the number of several hundred raised a fund of $80,000 for the purpose of erecting a building to house all the Chinese in the city. Negotiations for the purchase of a site hjl almost been roncluded when Moy is alleged to have blocked the purchase . by making a higher offer for the property. An indignation in-dignation meeting was held, at which Moy 'a name was hissed. Upon learning learn-ing of this meeting, Man Hop came here from Seattle and renewed his campaign cam-paign for Moy 'a removal. |