The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-07


his service.
Sun Vat Sen is a native OF Canton. He
stWlied medicine in that city under an
English physician. and later practised his
profession in Honolulu. While there his
attention was drawn to the doctrines Of
the Young China party. whose aim was
TO overthrow the Manchu dynasty and
give a constitution to China He became
an enthusiastic convert to these doc
trines. Returning to China, he soon rose
TO be leader among the revolutionaries.
His headquarters were at HOngkong.
Hither he drew a number or Chinese from
the province Of Canton with the object
Of organizing a conspiracy. The viceroy
OF Canton was first to be captured The
entire province was TO be overrun. Can.
ton freed, il was to be used as base Of
Operations to clear the whole Of China
from its conquerors ana raise a new and
free country on the ruins Of the old des-
potism
Before he could strike a blow the plot
was discovered by the -viceroy Sun Yat
Sen and some thirty or forty Of the CON
spirators were arrested while trayl 80
through the province secretly enllstlng
patriots. Fifteen were summarly put to
/ death. In some manner never yet known
Sun escaped and made his way to San
Francisco This was five years ago.
In San Francisco he made the acquaint-
ance Of brilliant young Chinese, the
/ editor and publisher Of a Chinese paper.
Sun converted him to his way Of thinking
/ The paper at once became a power in
spreading arguments in favor Of the
emancipation of China. Sun Yat Sen
went OH to other cities In the United
States. Everyweo-e he stir "a tho Ch,ifse
| to aid his cause Among his converts
were many Chinese graduates Of Yale and
Harvard. At last he went to England.
1t is supposed his purpose was to inter-
est the English I,-----44Ssn office in his
scheme, in order that they might thus
combat the influence which the Russians
exercised in China through the closeness
OF their relations with she Tartar fr1ers.
| There had been a price upon his head
ever since the discovery OF the plot
against the viceroy of Canton. One day
while passing the Chinese embassy in
London he was accosted by two China
men. They lured him into the legation
building, with which he was unfamiliar.
There an elderly Englishman, who, he
afterwards learned, was Sir Halliday
Mccartney, the longtime English secre-
tary Of the Chinese legation, placed his
hand upon him and said, "You are now
in China"
He added that Sun would be detained
and sent secretly to China Sun had
already made many friends, who had in
fiuence with the British foreign Office.
AS soon as he disappeared they suspected
the cause, and set a watch upon the peo-
pie Of the Chinese minister and the people
OF the legation. The premises meanwhile
were carefully guarded so that no one
could be removed surreptitiously. Under
international usages the British govern
ment was powerless to search the en-.
bassy. Not until it was discovered that
the Chinese minister was chartering a
ship for China were the friends of Sun
positive as to his whereabouts.
As he had become a British subject dur
ing his residence ac Hont.kong, his re-
lease was readily effected. Sir Halliday
himself shaking hands with the reformer
when they parted.
For the next two years he spent the
greater part of his time in the larger
cities Of the United States and Canada,
in the Pacific Islands, In Singapore, Ma
Gao and Japan--wherever in short. Chi
nese were to be found In any number. In
the meantime. Kwang-Yu-Wei, the great
reformer, had reached the ear of the
emperor, who though a Tartar himself,
saw that the continuance Of his dynasty
depended on his yielding to the demands
Of the more progressive Chinese and put
ting China on a footing Of equality with
other nations by developing schools, free
papers, commerce and mechanical in
dustries
Kwang Su Immediately began to put
these ideas in operation. The Chinese
people were delighted The reformers
had gained their first victory Then the
ruling Tartars and the '1terad." who
governed China, seeing that their offices
would soon be at an end planned the
great coup whereby the empress dowager
| dethroned the emperor. assumed supreme
control and banished all reformsrs.
Straightway the reform movement, which
before had been unorganlzed was solldI-
fed into one great society, with head
quarters at Singapore and branches at
san Francisco and other Important cities
with large Chinese populations Millions
Of dollars in money were freely sub
scribed for the cause. The purchase Of
arms and supplies Of war was arranged
for
Now that the allied forces have driven
the Tartars from Pekin. the reformers
have placed their men IN the field. over
twenty thousand Of them are under arms
at the city OF Wei-Chaou, near Canton. in
such position as to practically control
the situation there. eThe vieeroy can de-
pend with certainty only on the few Man
chu and Tartar guards whom he has with
him. The bulk Of his provincial forces
are Cantonese, who hate him as much
as the reformers do. and who win In all
probability flock to the standards OF Sun
Yat Sen.
In the valley Of the Yang-tse-K -Kiang. at
and near Ta-Tung, the reformers have
nearly 10000 men. They are preparing
70 march northward to meet with others.
who will rescue the emperor, and, plac-
ing him at their head. return either to