The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-24
FUN|GATNGHDLk COMING 10 PLANT BAITLEFIELDSYA
YANG NAI PIN THREATENED
RECEIVED MANY ANONYMOUS
LETTERS
Thinks the Authors Meant to Convey
Threats of His Death-Matter Placed
in Hands of the Authorities

The life of Yang Wal Pin, the Chinese
Consul General, has been threatened by |
his enemies So serious is the matter
regarded that the Consul General has |
brought the matter officially to the at !
tention of the Government, and pro-
lection will be given Yang Wal Pin to
prevent any possible attempt upon his
life.
AS is generally the case, the threat
was conveyed in anonymous letters.
These letters did not state in explicit
terms that the life of the Consul Cen
eral was to be taken, but after reading
the communications and discussing the
matters with the members of the lega-
ton, Mr.. Yang decided that the senti- !
ment of the letters was quite threaten
ing, so he wasted no time in bringing
the matter before the Territorial au-
thorities, with the request that he be
given proper protection, and an effort
be made to apprehend the authors of
the unlawful communications.
While the Consul does not know the
authors identity, he is confident
that some member of the Bow Wong
Association caused them to be sent to
him, for they contain reference to his
conduct toward that organization. Both
letters arrived on Sunday, and both
bear the postmark of Kauai. They were
very brief, and both contained practi-
cally the same matter. Evidently the
same person had composed them.
The letters said that the Consul Gen
eral had brought great misery and
suffering upon the members of the
reform association here by his con-
duct toward that organization. He had
sent the names of the members to the
home government, thereby causing their
relatives in China to be imprisoned,
but there would come a time when the
would meet the Consul General in hell
and there they would settle the difficult
ty. When the Consul General read
these rather lurid and somewhat vague
communications he became very much
alarmed, for in the reference to the IN
fernal regions he saw a covert threat
of death to himself Had these letters
been the first that he had received he
might not have paid much attention to
them, but they had been preceded by
other anonymous communications ex-
tending over period of four or five
months and he saw that his enemies,
instead of abandoning any evil designs
toward him, We're, if possible, angered
to greater resentment.
Mr. Yang this morning talked very
freely on the matter.
while the contents of the two let
ters were not very explicit" he said, 81
am satisfied that they meant to, convey
the intention of the authors or their
friends to kill me. l am not alarmed
in the least about the threats. / believe
that they come from the Bow Wongs
who have felt resentment against me
on account of my acts during the or
ganizatiOn of their society. Everything
which have done has been In an oflC-
ial capacity and under orders from my
government. I consider my duties to
the Government to be above anything
ole I will n
best of my ability. If | incur the en-
nifty of the Bow Wong Association by
carrying out the directions of my Su-
periOrs / cannot help it.
"Now, in regard to those letters which
came last Sunday, l will say that they
are not the first | have received of the
kind. On one occasion a letter came
stating that there We're a lot of guns
in the stores down town and If l did
not cease my persecution of the MEM
bers of the Bow Wongs, I might come
in contact with the guns. The fact that
I have received so many letters refer
ring to my official acts toward the Bow
Wongs leads me to believe that all of
the letters came from that society, or
it's members. Under these circum-
stances / thought it proper to bring the
matter to the attention of the Terri
torial Government, which I did yester-
day. My purpose in bringing the pres
ent case before the Government IS to
| have the officials investigate it and
| learn, if possible, who the authors are.
| OF course, what will be done with the
authors will rest with the Government
The High Sheriff has not sent men to
| guard the consulate at night and l do
not anticipate that he will, but have
no doubt he will act for the best in the
| matter"
The following is a translation of the
letter supplied by Consul Yang Wal
Pin:
"Yung Ku, Consuls-You do not know
| how soon you will be dead. l work for
! the plantation over at Kauai | have
worked there several years, and it Is
! very hard work. Because the Chinese
| Government is not good Kwang Yu Wei
and Leung Chi-tso have organized the
reform party for the protection of Chi
ma All of the Chinese in
| Honolulu have Joined the Bow Wong
| Wui, and all of them are hero men.
| Why are you against the society? What
| is your connection with the Chinese
| government? You are the slave of the
high officials, who are also slaves. You
sent the list of all the Bow Wong Off
| GERS and members to the Chinese gov
ernment, which has already arrested the
relatives of the members. You did not
see about what the people in Canton
did to Lau Hook Sun? | work hard and
|
in my life, but 1 will come down to
Honolulu soon and I want you to go
with me down into the earth to see the
King of the Devils. l notify you to
| prepare"
"This letter was evidently written by
some one in Honolulu" said Mr.. Yang,
"and forwarded to the other Island to
be mailed to me, for l received another
letter similar in handwriting some time
| ago, but 1t was sent from Honolulu.
BY a combination of the surnames of
myself and the Vice Consul the writer
made the Chinese word which cores
ponds to ram or goat, meaning animals
of the consulate, l presume. The ref
erence made to Sun in Canton was In
tended to call to my mind the fate
which overlook him two months ago
He was Under Viceroy at that place
and was energetic in furnishing the re.
form party members, who finally as
sassinated him"
High Sheriff Brown this afternoon re-
ceived a letter from Attorney