Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-16
roRr wonrn onIXAaInN.
what rhey Think OF the Oriental
War.


Fort worth's chinese colony cnnsIsts
OF some fifteen or twenty CeleRtisls,
who have left the Flowery Kingdom
to WOO the hckle goddess, Fortune,
among the wash-tubs OF America. The
colony Is composed entirely Of men. and
all Of them are engaged In laudnbie
eudeavors, through the medium OF tho
wash-tues aforesaid. 10 promote the
practice OK tho virtue which IS said 10
come next TO goodness.
The majority OF these oriental citizens
OF Fort Worth have their dirt-expelling
establishments on Main street, some
few being located on Rusk and Hous-
ton streets.
The Chiuese reporter OF the Ca
zetie desired 10 get some expression OF
opinion from the Fort Worth China
men as 10 the war which ~ In pro-
Bress between China and Japan. and,
accordingly sought out John In his
/ ''Wnshef washeo' domains. Most Of
| the Cinnamon were either entirely is-
norant OF the existence Of any war be-
tween their mother country and the
puguaclous island neighboTs, or ~ they
/ knew anything about 1t, were unable
| or unwilling 10 express themselves
upon the subject, so all the reporter
got ia the most inHtarces was brief
negatives to his questions. indicating
that the matter was OF no interest at
all. Some few OF the Cinnamon. how
ever We're more intelligent. and evil
IDENTIFY took "a considerable interest in
the politics Of their country.
The first laundry the reporter enter
ed was az 1903 Main street, The prOprie-
tor Of which Is "A young Chiuaman who
retolcss in the name Of ouons Wah
which is conspicuou5ly printed IN white
| letters on a brlght rcd painted sign
| board IN front OF his door. Quong was
| busy az his ironing board. and when
! the reporter greeted him and asked II
! he had heard OF the war between his
| country and the Japs, he looked mp
! with intelligence and auFwered that he
I had read about II In his Chinese pa
I per8 which he receives every week
/ from California, at cost of s.
l year, Las weeks paper" said
| Quong, "sny Chinee whip Japanese
! bad, / hope It so; VIII get more pa
l per Thursday and let you see him"
| QuJng said lie did not desire to 30
back 10 China 70 help his uountrymen,
| and intlmatcd that America was good
| enough Tor him.
Hong Lee runs a laundry within
l few doors OK Quong Wah and greeted
/ the reporter with genial smile Hong
/ has been living In America fifteen
| years. he said, but he had net heard
! mat the Jap5 had run amuck OF his
brethren IN tho Flowery land. He
| didn't want TO 80 bacE to help In the
/ war. "Bletter w9shee; no fightee."
sam wilma slug ana two or three
other MongOllgns hold the ''Wsshea'
ousingza Gswn at tho frame cottage
| corner VI Rusk and Fourth streets. The
"chiet wFahes" was not IN, and his
head assistant. sour-loalSlrs old Ce-
| l,gttsl. greeted the reporter with no
smile that was chiid-llka and bland"
but with fierce exclamation what
| thehellecyouwantseF which startled the
| reporter 10 a speedy exit.
Sam King QWelta AZ 1911 ATatD street
| and al once caught on when the re-
| porter began to question him yes,
me know, me takes Chinese paper,
iel you he said with emphasis.
American papers tgllsce lie. Chinese
paper no He, though. Yes. China big
melton; United staJes got Atty million
people; China s0t fore hundred mill
uenw Sam King concluded that China
could whip The Jsps clean out OF tholr
sandals,
The most intelligent Chlnsman the
reporter found was Loo Lee, who has
a laundry at 1901 10 Main street. Loo
could speak better English ana was
evidently much better read than HIS
countrymen lie knew all about the
blinking Of the ship Row shung by the
Japanese. which, he said. was not a
Chinese ship, but an Buglish ship ito
carry grCb," as he expressed It. and II
seemed 10 please him that Jspan would
have 20 pay England for the ship and
mon killed You see" said he. ia
pan keep fret China. many times; Chi
na did not want to fight Japan; the
Coll people" meaning Corea may
money to Chinese empire every year
for many years; Ianpn used TO INV
money, too but not now Oh. ves.
China bigger nation than Japan; whip
Jgpsn easy; Japan can nRht ten yenrs
MAYBE but china heap richer than
japan; soma people In China are moor.
but some are rich like hcllee" conclud-