The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-11-02
CHINESE DECEIVED BY FALSE
CERTIFICATES.
The Consul Here Proposes to Report to
His Country's Diplomatic Agent in
Washington.

The Chinese consulate here is taking
steps to lay before the Government at
Washington the cases of forty mine
Cinnamon returned to their native land
on the steamships Doric and Gaelic and
of about 200 more who are likely to meet
the same fate. The matter will be laid
before the minister of the Celestial
kingdom at Washington with a view to
pressing claims for damages against
the American Government.
There were Is Chinese purporting to
be students on the Gaelic and q on the
DOric, who were refused a landing
Those on the Gaelic were left on board
while she went to San Francisco and
back and they are still on, headed for
home, after crossing the water to Ho-
nOlulu and only succeeding in getting
a glimpse of the land of their supposed
destination from the deck of the vessel
The rejected ones on the DOric are en-
route to San Francisco and will follow
the same program
The men came here with certificates
issued here, which it was supposed en-
titled them to land. Agent Brown of
the Chinese immigration Bureau re-
fused to allow them to enter the coun-
try, referring them to the law which
requires that they shall secure creden-
tials at the country they are leaving.
and the certificates are all adjudged
worthless
The Chinese consul and vice-consul
here have issued the following circular
for the benefit of their countrymen, to
prevent further mistakes:
I'VE the Chinese consul and viCe-con-
sui at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
hereby notify all Chinese residents of
Hawaiian Islands, that we have receiv-
ed a letter from the United States Chi
nese Inspector, Mr.. j. X. Brown, stat
ing that those who formerly lived in
| these Islands, possessing return Certi-
! ficates which We're issued by the local
| Government, are entitled to land in aC-
| cOrdance with law.
"Chinese persons in China, seeking
entry in this country for the first time
must qualify themselves according to
| law as teachers, students, merchants
and travellers before the customs auth
critics in China, or qualify themselves
in any other foreign Government where
| they resided last
mo certificates are hOnOred if they
We're sent from this country for the
exempt class, who have never been here
| before"
The circular then states that To-
| cal Chinese have forwarded many GER
tificates to China from here to aid the'I
| friends or relatives to land but the
papers will not be honored.
I'VE do not know how many of these
| certificates were forwarded to China
but anyhow they are no good and sim
/ ply throw money away for nothing.
| Hoping all of our cOuntrymen who are
| interested in this matter will adVis
frierCs and relatives in China not to
come with these false certificates.
And therefore We also hope that
hereafter any Chinese person or per
! sons will not be cheated again by thOs
people who are issuing these Hawaiian
made certificates, which certificates
could never help any others to land in
! the Hawaiian Islands.
YONG, Chinese Consul.
GOO, Vice-COnsul,"
The average cost to the Chinese who
! come here and are sent back is about
| 800, including the price charged for the
useless certificate and the cost of trans
| pOrtatiOn. This will make the aggre-
gate of the claims over 500, 900. COnsu
| Goo Kim stated last night that no steps
| had been taken in the matter yet, as il
| was not known how many certificates
! would be used, but that the matter
would be laid before the Chinese Minis
| ter at Washington as soon as possible