The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-20

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racy Of China. The history OF Macao
10 not, We fear. one OF which the colony
may be proud. nor have its relations In
the past with the Niceroy OF the Liang
Kwang evinced much OF dignity. There
are, however, as We pointed out when
first the news OF the arrest reached ue,
some things which in the face OF the
world Governor OF Macao could
scarcely do, for his own sake and for
that OF his country, and one OF these
is the surrender OF King Lien-shan. We
must, therefore, await the result OF the
trial with anxiety. II is, OF course,
easy TO rake up a charge OF embezzle-
ment against every Official in the en-
pire; IL an official fall sufficiently 10
grease the palms of his superior this
III the usual method OF compelling him
or OF effecting his ruin. The boundar-
les OF meum and tuum In China are not
defined with the exactness prevailing
In the west, and everything that comes
into an officials pockets is his own; but
he has to share the plumber or lose his
place. King Lien-shan's account could
doubtless be made to show any def
cheney required. but this would not
make him an embezzler according TO
Chinese or any other law, and this must
be as well known to the Governor OF
Macao as to the man in the street.
Honors to Ii Hung Chang.
CANTON, March 19.-H. e. the Vice
roy LII Hung Chang has received a tele-
gram from Picking informing him that
the Emperor mas been pleased to confer
on him the honor of the Imperial Dou-
BILE Dragon-a special insignia to be
worn on his coat Such distinction
only an Emperor or a member OF I'M
perial family Ia entitled to wear Upon
receipt of the news all the mandarins
went to the Viceregal Yamon to pay
their respects and offer congratulations
Since he came to Canton to be Vice
roy II. E. Ii Hung Chang has certainly
shown himself very energetic, and In
all cases brought to his notice he has
been prompt to deal with the offenders
He keeps the officials busy all the time,
and the least faults have been severely
reprimanded. The notorious pirate
chiefs, Au San, Fo Tsan Hoi and others
are SO afraid of him that they keep in
hiding in the mountain fastness. The
Cantonese, indeed, begin to like him
as a man of great experience and sound
judgment. He has done a great deal
and Is expected to do more to replenish
the Imperial Golfers. He knows Euro
pean manners, and is said by the ma
tives here to be one of the best Vice
roys that ever came to Canton
Feng Sui.
Feng Sui is a thing that no one can
trace it's origin, but 1t gives rise to
many troubles and clan fights, and its
votaries are so blind in the belief of its
efficacy as to spend very often their en-
tire fortune and sacrifice lives simply
to crafty their superstitious whims.
In the village of Kwan Suk, Chinchao
district, the two clans Chan and Wong
have never lived we'll together. In the
fields of Wong there is a road close
upon a tomb of the Chan clan. The
other day as some farmers of the Wong
clan were digging at the fields they
the earth upon the tomb of Chan. The
Chan clan attributed their misfortunes
and ill-success in their literary examin-
alton and in business matters to this
disturbance of their tomb and went to
demonstrate with the Wong clan, ask
ing Wong to make the road properly
and repair the tomb. This Wong re-
fused to do. From words they came to
blows. Eventually each party got to-
gether several hundred persons armed
with rifles, spears, and swords, and
fought pitched battle, four or five per-
sons being killed and many wounded.
Finally the magistrate of the district
had to send soldiers to suppress the dis
turbance. The elders and chief vii
layers came forward, and tried to bring
about an amicable settlement, but in
vain. Upon this matter being reported
to the Viceroy he ordered the elders of
the village to produce the ringleaders
for trial and punishment
More Piracy.
On the 18th inst. a steam launch
started from Canton for the district of
Kunshan, having in tow passenger
boat, In which Californian merchant
was one of the passengers for the fes-
tival of the dead. Among the passen-
gers were seven pirates, dressed IN
uniforms of the Fatshan regiment.
" nen the launch reached the river
Sneak Fix in Sam Sui the pirates be-
gan their work of plumber, taking out
their revolvers and pointing them at
the captain and crew to scare them.
They then ransacked the luggage of all
passengers and took all worth taking.
When they came to the turn of the
Californian merchant they found
cheque for $1,000, made payable to or
der. They tried to force him to en-
dorse 1t, which he refused to do. Dur
ing this alteration the merchant got
a chance of running across the steam
launch and hosting the flag of distress.
II an Hammered at that time that the