The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-01-24
CHINESE FEMALE TRAFFIC.
Important Proclamation by the United
Chinese Society.

Below is a translation of posters
about town in the Chinese language.
The document explains itself:
This is to notify that many decent
and respectable Chinese women and
girls are kidnapped in Canton, Hong
kong, and other places, for the purpose
of being shipped to California for inn
moral purposes, and complaints have
been made to the Vicer0y at Canton,
China, by the parents or guardians,
and the Viceroy has examined into
these complaints and sent a cablegram
to the Commissioner, Cheung, at
Washington, directing him to report
this to the Consul-General at San
Francisco and to order that strict in
vestigation must be made as each
steamer arrives at San Francisco from
Hongkong.
In the early days of the ninth moon
a cablegram from the Chung Wah
Hospital, Hong Kong, was received by
the Consul-General, Leung, complain
ing that plenty of women and girls had
been kidnapped on the way to San
Francisco. The Belgic, on her arrival
at San Francisco, was examined, and
it was found that more than 80 women
and girls, most of whom had been kid
mapped, were on board. The report
made asked the authorities to arrest
Wong Hung, and these women and
girls accused Wong Hung of kidnap-
ping them. He was sentenced to 10
years imprisonment and $1,000 fine on
being found guilty, and the women and
girls were ordered to be returned to the
Chung Wah Hospital, HongkoREA
requesting them to transfer the women
and girls to the Viceroy for investiga~
ton of their case.
These women and girls were ship
ped from San Francisco to Hongkong
on board the San Pablo, which touch
ed at Honolulu on the voyage. Lii
Fook, who lives at Honolulu, hearing
about these women and desiring q
to earn money by them, APP
piled to the Supreme Court, making
an affidavit that LUX Moi was his
wife, Cheu Ho his daughter-in-law,
and All Moi and HOi Cheu his daugh-
tiers. He engaged n lawyer to get
these women and girls from the vessel,
and this was with the view to his
making money by their immoral prac-
tees.
This is treating our law with disre-
spect and practice of great cruelty.
The members of our society and the
Chinese Commercial Agents have per-
formed their duty and endeavored to
procure an order to cause these women
and girls to proceed on their voyage in
order to do as the Viceroy had wished,
and thus to permit them to have the
of a family gathering. The
Chief Justice found no law to prevent
these women and girls from landing of
their own accord and they landed.
LUX Moi was subsequently, with Ii
Fook, charged before the Police Court
at Honolulu with perjury. LUX Moi
was acquitted and discharged, and Ii
Fook was committed for trial at the
January Term of the Supreme Court.
With regard to Lii FOOk's false repre-
and his desire to make
money in the bad way he tries, it is =
considered he is no better than the
and must be punished for
this serious Offense. No one can pity
such man. 1t is said that plenty Of
people privately helps this man with
money to carry on his bad conduct. Ii
is the duty of our Society to petition
the Commissioner at Washington, who
will take action and report to the Vice
roy, who will do his duty and cause
the guilty parties to be punished; but
we are afraid that these people who
help Ii Fook are perhaps ignorant of
the true facts and the law, and we will
not petition as we intended. 1t is
therefore hereby made known that if
any person or persons help Ii Fook in
any way hereafter, the petition will
go, with the names of these parties at
tached, and no excuses made. You
are expected to listen Ito all this, and
take care accordingly.
UNITED CHINESE SOCIETY.
Dated January, 1857.
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