Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18
RACE AFFRONT TAKEN.
A Chinese Resident Protests Against
Report in the advertiser"

with reference to the little panic
that occurred Saturday night,
which caused the Chinese shop
keepers to close their shops in a
hurry. l was considerably sur
prised to find this triiling incident
highly colored by the editor of
the Advertiser, with mixture Of
contemptuous hatred and gross
fabrication. The whole account
was exaggerated and contained
very little stuff, but which was
magnfied into u conglomeration
of idiotic rubbish. 1t is hard to
conceive how an editor like that of
the Advertiser supposed to be gift
ed with some common sense, could
stoop so low as to place before
the public an account of an in.
cident, part of which he knew
was void of tho essential element
of truth. Whether he did it un-
der the influence of malice or pre-
judice, he certainly knew that
such an account would be likely
to revive every feeling of animosi-
ty between the two nationalities
that have but lately become re-
conciled.
He said: "a half-intoxicated
native ran up Nuuanu street
shouting in a frantic voice. that
the Japanese are coming" Now,
from a reliable source l learn
that such an exclamation Of
idiotic nonsense had not been at
all uttered by tho native in ques-
ton. He simply yelled out
that there was racket gong on
at the Government building, and
the Chinese should shut up their
shops, which they did. But he
did not bawl out: THE Japanese
are coming! They are on the
warpath, armed with wicked i'm
plements,' etc.
Our highly humorous editor
added that, for fear of the Japs,
the Chinese shopkeepers implicit
ly obeyed the native and that the
"pigtails galore were seen flying
in every direction" .......
What a profound analyser Of
human naturel What a keen OBJ
server of mankindl How he came
to possess such extensive knowl-
edge that the Chinese of Homo
lulu display fear of our Oriental
neighbors, L am at loss to con-
lecture. Evidently he considered
1t a good occasion to impress his
readers with his hard headed ex.
perience that we Chinese here
are mass of towards.
can assure him if he is under that
impression he is thoroughly mis-
taken. 1t does not follow that
because our countrymen were de,
feated in China we should ever
entertain a fear of the Mikado't
subjects. On the contrary we
throw the stigma of dishonor from
} US as We would free ourselves O
the burden of a filthy carcase
and we despise the towards ant
traitors that stained the glorious
flag of the Celestial Empire. L
was not fear of the Japanese tina
caused the closing up the shop,
on Saturday night, but the shop
keepers actually thought tina
b another revolution like that o
January had broken out, as al
ready some unfounded rumors ba
been circulating abuot town to tina
effect.
As regards the phrase, "Pigtail
galore were seen flying in ever
direction" used by the editor, h
probably thought it fine bit @
= precious wit for his readers at tn
expense of our national honor
1t is needless to say that this
highly insulting and provoking t
us, when we are conscious that "
have in no way merited such un
n called for titles on any part {
our person. How the editor
well-stocked brain gained tn
notion that human queue coul
be u pigtail, l refer to the judt
ment of every sensible and NJ
, prejudiced man. 1t is evider
! that he could not make out th
~ L