The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-28
NO CHARTER
FOR TONGS
A Bad Policy to Grant
Them.
SAY LEADING CHINESE
Rules of the Bow Wong Association
Tell True Import Of
The Clique.

/ 50 far the Bow Wong Progressive As
/ sociation has gotten no charter from
the Hawaiian government. The lawyers
\ for the Chinese cabal which seeks 20
gain the countenance Of the law have
I asked for delay in action by the Exec
utiye Council. II seems hardly possible
in view Of the fearful record of Chinese
/ secret societies which has been brought
20 the Councils notice. that charter
will be granted 10 this latest candidate
for power.
No one who Is familiar with the
workings and methods Of these Asiatic
factions believes il would be anything
but suicidal to the peace Of the com
munity 20 invite here the conditions
which have made bloody history in
/ San Francisco's Chinese colony for dec
AIDES past and which now are taxing
all the strength and wits Of the police
there.
| Representatives Of the Chinese gov
eminent stationed here have made
strong efforts 10 lay the truth before
the Council. They foresee the menace
which such a precedent as the charter
/ ing OF the Bow Wong Association
would be to the growth OF HOnOlulu's
/ large Asiatic business and the OppOr-
/ tunities 1t would afford for the intro
| duction of those criminal practices
which are closely allied with Chinese
| secret cliques.
! Tho MnrTrr Nagrtgrou
/ Whitecaps and other intriguing groups
which have vexed the officers of the law
in the United States and made murder
common where they fiourished. have
not equalled in the extent of their viii
lainy the Chinese tongs which now con-
/ troll San Francisco's Mongolian pop
ulation
A careful reading of the rules and
regulations of the Bow Wong Associa-
ton discloses the card up All Sings
sleeve The injunction in the last two
| lines of article four as given below Is
the keynote to the whole document.
IF ANYONE DO ANY HARM OR.
| INJURY TO OUR BROTHERS WE
MUST RETALIATE THE SAME,
ETC"
This is the command which i'm every
Organization planned for however good
a purpose, has given the murderer his
/ excuse for his deeds. So 0DOnnell who
/ killed Carey the informer reasoned.
/ The men who murdered DR.. Cronin in
Chicago had the same words in their
mouths. Ask any Chinese captured in
the very commission of murder in San
/ Francisco, what his motive was, and
he will say. Our brother was injured
and we retaliated."
The translation of the rules of the
I Bow Wong Association given here was
made in the Chinese Consulate. These
rules give plain insight into the meth
DDS of the union. The lines italicized
evince the cunning of those who drew
| the regulations. Certain necessary
measures of reform" are TO be adopted.
At the best the association claims no
better object than to foment a revolu-
ton against the reigning powers of
emma. Even the casual observer would
ask the purpose of raising the great
sums of money contemplated in the
! lines of article six which say mem
bers may subscribe 10000 shares" at
81 each.
Further down in the same article It
says, members may use fictitious
names" What good motive could urge
society to permit such secret mem
bership? Those Chinese who are best
informed and who have the welfare Of
their countrymen at heart put the mat
ter this wise:
Doubtless there are some honest
men backing the Bow Wong Associa-
ton. But they are misled. Suppose il
is organized to promote the interests
OF the deposed emperor Tomorrow a
similar organization in the Queen
Dowager's interest will spring up. Per-
haps later on for the making Of China
into a republic. We will have a fierce
war here. These societies will split
and fight among themselves. I predict
that, If these societies are chartered
Honolulu will see the same state OF
things as exists i'm San Francisco. All
these societies have the same high
sounding titles. All make the same
professions at their inception. The
real objects appear later. Each one
in a municipality is a constant source
Of trouble and crime"
The following is the translation of
the Bow Wong rules as made in the
Consulate:
Article Our main reason in the or
g1nizatiOn OF this union Is that on the
29th day Of the seventh month in the
twenty-fourth year Of the reign of
n WdLE Oh August, 1881 certain con-
idential communication was duy re-
ceived from His Imperial Majesty
through Councillor Yang Jul giving roy
al Instructions TO all those patriots OF
the country 20 organize a party 50 as
TO devise and take certain necessary
measures for the support OF His Impe-
rial Majesty, who so loves his country
and his subjects that we ought 10 exert
ourselves 10 the best OF our ability 10 /
carry ont his instructions.
Article 1.-THE organization OF this
union formed thus: We. members OF
this union, under the present critical
situation Of our country. shall do our
best 10 adopt certain necessary measures
Of reform, 90 as 70 save China from de- |
struction and 20 faithfully support our
ilustTious Emperor 70 rule a country OF |
many millions Of his subjects. This IN |
Ion Is properly and rightly termed. |
Nnen our country is tranquil or criti- |