The times., 1898-07-16
FOR A FREE CHINA.
One of the Ipsurgent Leaders Is n
Graduate From Harvard.


New York, July 15.-The report that
thousands Of Chinese regulars have been
slain by the insurgents revives the mem
ory of Dr. Sun Vat Sen, who Is one of
the leaders in the revolution. The World
says; The kidnapping of DR.. Sun Vat Sen
by the Chinese embassy in London and
his subsequent release at the demand of
Lord Salisbury formed a sensational page
OF diplomatic history. Like many of his
comrades, DR.. Sun Vat Sen is a graduate
of Harvard, where he became passion
ate devotee of the republican idea
Not since the TAPPING rebellion has the
present dynasty been so fiercely menaced
as it is by the devoted adherents of the
Hing Chung Wooy. thts society of which
DR.. Sun Vat Sen and many other China
men of American university training are
leaders. Hing Cung Wooy means Chinese
Progressive Society. and however absurd
the idea or progress ia connection with
China might have appeared a score of
years ago. II Is no new thing in this age.
when thousands of young, Cinnamon of
the best class are sent abroad each year
TO acquire education ontthe' European and
American. plan.
With powerful org6niza ton In Amer
ica, including headquarters in this city
and a 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 maginations
all afiame at the idea OF 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
OF all the chiefs in the great consplr-
acy, however. none Is 30 Famous as Dr.
Sun Yet Sen. After practcing in Hong
Kong, Sun took 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 10 the Chinese government as
dangerous man.
On Oc;ober IL, 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 10 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 d plan had been made 10
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 1t, and the
Chinese doctors release was effected by
legal means.
The headquarters of the Hing Chung
W0Oy in New York. are located at No
I6 PeH Street. A prominent member of
the society is Wong Get. a very inteih-
gent Americanized Chlndman, who
speaks English fusntiy. wears American
clothes. and directs many interests IN
Chinatown.
Wong Get said last night: THE Hing
Chung W0oy IS a branch OF the so-calied
Black Flag Society, which organized the
TAPPING rebellion forty years ago. The
TAPPING rebellion came near succeeding.
The present revolt. l think VIII be sue
cessful for several reasons. The move
ment Is led by the student cfasses-edu-
Gated young men whose ideas are pro-
gressive and who are animated by a
spirit OF patriotism IN their endeavor TO
throw off the tyrannlcaI yoke of the allen
Manchu dynasty.
I'VE think We shah succeed in over
throwing the present dynasty. If not
now. then IN three or four years Mean
while the revolt viii constantly spread.
The government has not the power 10
put it down.