The evening times., 1898-07-15
FOR A FREE CHINA.
One of the Ipsurgent Leaders II =
Graduate From Harvard.

One of the Ipsurgenf Leaders In {
Graduate From Harvard.
Ney Ypsk. sJuly ,l5.-The report tina
thousands or Chinese regulars have bee
slain by the insurgents revives the mem
ory of DE- Sun sYat Sen, who is one o
the leaders In the revolution. The Worl
says: The kidnapping of DR.. Sun Vat Sci
by the Chinese embassy in London an,
his subsequent release at the demand o
Lord Salisbury formed sensational pag
of diplomatic history. Like many of hi
comrades. DIR. Sun Vat Sen is a graduate
| of Harvard, where he became passion
ate sdevotee' of the republican idea.
Not since the TAPPING rebellion has thu
present dynasty been so fiercely menacet
as II Is BY the devoted adherents of tn,
Hing Chung Wooy. the society of whic!
DIR. Sun Yat Sen and many other China
men of American university training are
leaders. Hing sCung wooy means Chinest
Progressive Society. and however absurt
tine idea of progress in connection with
China might have appeared a score oi
years ago, it Is no new thing in this age
when thousands of young Cinnamon OF
the best class are sent abroad each year
to acquire education on the European and
American plan.
With a powerful organization in Amer
lea. including a headquarters in this city
and center In San Francisco. the Hing
Chung Wooy Is probably one of the most
formidable secret political agencies that
ever existed. Fresh from their studies at
the universities, with their imaginations
all afiame at the idea of a free China,
the young men of education have set
themselves to the task of converting
their humber fellow-countrymen in the
city slums to the same lofty ideal.
or all the chiefs In the great conspir-
acy, however, none Is so famous as DR..
Sun Yet Sen. After practicing in Hong
Kong. Sun took a trip to England. mean
ing to prosecute his medical studies in
London. He was already deeply implic-
ated in the revolutionary movement. and
was known to the Chinese government as
dangerous man.
On October II. 1896 a week or two after
his arrival, he was accosted in the street
by Chinaman from his own province of
Canton. Another Chinaman Joined them.
and the two strangers inveigled the doc
tor into the Chinese legation Once inside
the door he was prisoner. They escorted
him to the top floor of the building and
locked him up. On the sixth day of his
captivity he managed to communicate his
plight to an English friend. The latter
made inquiries at the legation, but could
obtain no satisfaction. and his demand
that Sun should be released was ignored.
Meanwhile a plan had been made to
bind and gag the prisoner and carry him
by night on board a specially chartered
steamer. for transportation to China.
where he would have been assuredly tor
tured and killed.
Suns friend laid out a daring plan of
rescue. but thought betetr Of it, and the
Chinese Doctors release was effected by
legal means.
The headquarters of the Hing Chung
Wooy. in New York, are located at No.
Is Pell Street A prominent member OF
the society is Wong Get. a very inte!E-
gent Americanized Chinaman, who
speaks English fluently. wears American
clothes and directs many interests in
Chinatown.
Wong Get said last night: THE Hing
Chung Wooy is a branch of the so-cal.ed
Black Flag Society, which organized the
TAPPING rebellion forty years ago The
TAPPING rebellion came near succeeding.
The present revolt. / think. will be sue
cessfui for several reasons. The move
ment Is led by the student classes-edu-
Gated young men whose ideas are pro-
gres5ive. and who are animated by a
spirit OF patriotism in their endeavor to
throw off the tyrannical yoke of the alien
ManclIu dynasty.
1--WE think We shall succeed in over
throwing the present dynasty. If not
now. then In three or four years. Mean
while the revolt will constantly spread.
The governmeRt-ha not the power to
nut II down.,