The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-03-30
Rsplr . NJ. G. Afsng.. Letter.

EDErOz GAEEr-E In your issue OF March 73rd
appears letter from M Along, relative to the
aPpoinsusut Of shipping u-ls-srs- and containing
sozs remarks relative TO the s1-called different
Chinese clans Eith a generous sprinkIi1g Of re-
fs-ezees 70 his ON disints-sstsd1sss-
We REGRET that NJ Af1uEs acton IN this matter
has gwen unf1z iu1,Jr-auce % mere differences Of
opinion between people Of our nation. bat a re-ard
for truth c1Elpels Is To present the facts a. they
are Mr. Along may thank himself Tor THIS
further showing.
After lie reprHssu-z-zEss OF several mercantile
fms Of Hduol1Lr cJ11zctEt With The sugar inter
ss-s- had called on Mr. Along as the most prOuI-
Eeat Chinese here, with regard % the restriction
Of the shipping Of Chinese l11urzrs and the
sIl-zuzEi11 OF zEs.-=stl0lsd abuses, a meeting
wss called for the purpose Of Organizing
.. Chinese Merchants Cll5.' but 50 Tar as the
zE1hl-s Of tins letter reculect n1thIng vas sud
relative 70 Shipping masters vas s1c1 a CID
ever CrCzllZeC- By she way Lie authors hereof
Do not know u II. he idea q such a club Wis
good. bur not satisfied =11lLy With mztL1is and
s5us other Eattsrs- the Hzzz men simply with
drew. As t1z 1-1s1 peaceLote way Of AVOIDING any
Ct zshlrz Of opinions. A. 20 the appointment u
the t=U shipping masters. Mr. Hong tiuou anc Mr..
Lee OuE- knew nothing. except that tEeF we're
APPOINTED 1T the Minister Of the Interior They
y=zre-a br3ther-il-LaE and 4 friend Of III Along
md El-Ilz probably honest men they cJ1ld not
50 sl1sr INTO rlz11ers OF u1lz1lH ragar1Ir1 llbor
make some q the Chinese understand They are
berE Poor ii men Of Mr. Along own clan smile
fully oEz-half Of all the Chinese II the country
HzEa men whose language 50 differs Ir1Ll tls
P1on II a. to preczda almost all cDuTsrse- Here
are several clans n the Islands OF whom the
Haza ard P0ou II are u far the most n1l-lerU1s-
1-r-bsrIuz probably nine -slrLs % all the other
551r1 Being E1zk-l1- = lap and others hnJElnZ
that the t=1 mex -a-=t above were nos r urssea-
ta1vs. szd feeling that notwithstanding must
arse from =1ca C1veFsrles Of language TIE Haza
u-zu appealed u rhs Minister Of the interior for
reurasz-ratl1u- b1- owing 70 the fact that the
Haka c=-eea-s left Holol1-z- a1d-is Ez are n
f1ruei-5lr. Along assured MA that tie Chinese
EzrE all IL presented. they Eers appointed and a.
=l--s=t=c above. lIs-Iu 1eEsEl-l.1Ir1 and trouble
DE- ensze- OF c1Jrss those who employ Chinese
O. suy other contract labor I'll fully understand
the importance both as u the legal status Of
cuu-rzc1 AID tE= cuutent of t1s laborEr, thai u b
fE1ly Ezdezs58od before TIE parties piacs theIr
names thereto-
A Iarue majority # the recent Chinese immi-
grants are Hzza E2su this clan By the wy coulss
from tha cszzEEg districts of China ard On com
plant u zzauT OF ri-zul- applicz-fl11 Eas azlI1
made for the dLEa nan As a s1IppIlg master
Leailng Ha1s merchants. q whom there are A
Large r7-uber Il Honolulu and elsewhere offered
- czaraEtee the good faI-h Of ss1rh shipping
master and that be s-1lll Be a slIiabls man AZ
Erss this ap1iIcarI0u uzs uJE regarded Win favor,
and Eet VI-h the struuEest opposition trula Alr-
Af1l2- On INJURY l1to ths facts h0EeTer, the
Minister Il the Interior suggested that nesting
Of Chinese b called f0r the purpose u discussing
the urupTietT Of appointing a Haiza MAJ his
s7-ezJI1u Ess maze 70 Mr. Afo1a- AZ the Govern
n-eus Binding b the Minister T. the presence %
a considerable number oi Chinese and oth=Ez- IS
he oil nDt appear % snow any particular men
aI1z % call ss-.n netting. E1e hzlzl Issued
written nDtices- EhIc1 we're sent u t1s ChInese
nler-nzn1s irrespective Of clan In the evening
nesting n1uheri1g perhaps hundred ard hftF,
cJl1ElrIsI1-z Hlerrha1ts and planters net Mr-
AfonI presI1ess- he seEtIrzeuf of tee melting
las strongly " favor % TIE appointment Of a
Haka saippIra. s.-art b1r for reasous best known
% himself Mr. Af1rE did lat PIT TIE question %
the IzeetuG- BerhzF-s tbs nza1=1u vas eETrsssed
Afterwards hy Mr- Af1zzs rloatE-pisce n tbs,
rs did MT prrpose o. b dlcrlted n By l0t Of
cnokz- AZ any r-Lts- afte- this the tida t1rne1-
and the rsr.zest u suczr AGENTS the Minister
Of the Ilter.1r sppoIrtzc Mr. O. Nm Ing.
EaEa Eau a. Shipping 2cz-I- he = bzckzd u
TIE Z his the and az adl-Iriauzl gElsF-
oziry they have rzised a colsitieEzbls szza q
u1neT for the Purpose Of refzldlnE such advances
a. from any fzzlt Of the shipping aeEEf might be
lost 70 the master.
Mr. MN Ing NJ uucs found his hands full
Me1 Of al Clans seeEed - prefer Singing Nth
Eul- i Z not hftle silTulzr thai T1st a. tins
tIEs Ar- Af01g found the 1--we Of Ez1s1 nEtts
AID liberty str1uE N his Eezrt that he ilstl-
tinted rrocee1Inrs hsr6szF csl1r % pr1crlrr the
k5erztIo1 of al q thass Ezsn at The qzsrzntizs