The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-08
PRICE FOR EVG GROM THE REEF AND Off THE NEW FREIGHT SCHEME RRH OF THE CHINESE
THE EMPRESS OF CHINA WANTS
HIM KILLED.
One Hundred Thousand Taels for
Death of Two Reformers-One of
Them Is Resident of Honolulu.

The appointment of commissioners to
assassinate Kang Yu-wei, the Chinese
reformer, a lot of political intrigues at
Peking and talk of threats by foreign
powers to interfere If any more rapid
| changes like the emperor's deposition
are attempted, fill the Japanese and
Chinese newspapers with some lurid
political matter The China Mail says:
1--WE are informed on what appears
to be unimpeachable authority that Ii
Hung Chang's appointment as Acting
| Viceroy at Canton was made chiefly
to enable him to encompass the arrest
of Kwang Yu-wei or to procure his as
sassination. 1t is a fact that fort
night ago four men left the capital
| pledged never to return until Kwang was
| either captured or assassinated. An at
| tempt will be made to kidnap him,
but failing in this he will be murdered
| by one or the other of the four hired
assassins now on his track, as was
Kim KUN, the Corean, at Shanghai
in 1894. These men are pledged 10 kill
him, whatever may be their own fate"
| The Japanese minister at Peking is
said to have notified the authorities that
in the event of another coup like the
recent one, Japan would send military
force to China. Regarding the expect
| ed assasSinations, the Japan Gazette
says:
'The Empress Dowagers previous or
ders having failed, she now commands
| the ViceroyS and governors of all her
provinces to proclaim that the Imperial
Government guarantees a reward of
one hundred thousand taels to any one,
| without distinction of class or social
standing, who shall be able to turn
over to the authorities the actual per-
sons of Kwang Yu-wei and Leung Chi
N1.g.
ress) or should they be slain that is,
assassinated, the same reward will be
paid on their bodies being identified
Meantime the Shanghai Taotai is to
hold the stakes-the money is to be
sent to him at once so that he may
hand it over to the winners without de.
lay. Or, If official rank is preferred tC
money, the kidnappers or assassins
will receive high substantial rank, fal
above that which would be given undel
the ordinary standard, rank which will
satisfy the desires of the most ambi
tious.' >..
Here then is a magnificent rewarC
offered for murder. And 1t must b.
wholesale, effective. The removal o
one victim does not appear to call TO
any reward. Both must be assassinar
ed or kidnapped (Which is the sam,
thing, for no one doubts that il cap
tured and handed over to the Chimes
authorities a speedy death await
Kwang Yu-wei and his friend); one i
reminded forcibly of a challenge cul
which must be won twice in succession
by the same person before it can be
come his property. 1t must be a cleaI
job or no reward. And that reward is
we are afraid large enough to pu
, the lives of the two reformers in ia
more serious danger than they hav
hitherto been in. One hundred thous
{ and taels divided among say fou
, men, will give each one a fortune, or 1
one or other of them cares to be
? peer of the Chinese he may claim recog
> milton in that form for his savage acts
| always providing, of course, that tn
Empress Dowager is not thriftily IN
! clined, in which case they may recelv
q neither money nor rank. 1t is shame
a full and CHASTITY business"
! Leung Chi-Tso one of the two 70
! whom this princely reward is Offered
!. is in Honolulu and has been for
I number of weeks. He was informe
: of the price put on his head throug
o The Chinese Vernacular press. He doe
not care to discuss the subject an
though admitting his danger seems ur
perturbed His friends seem to thin
that the fact that he and Kwang VI
q wei are not in China is the best guar
s antee of their safety. Though the
G are found the incentive to assassinf
: tion is much minimized by the difficult
n the assassins would have in provin
;. their deed to the Chinese authorities
Z order to claim the reward. And I'll
i difficulties in the way of kidnappin
. them in order to take them to Chin
- from foreign country are practical
- insuperable. But in addition to til
Leung Chi-Tso's friends say that /
feels much as his comrades did WI
were beheaded at the time of the En-
d press coup, who went to their death d,
A. claring that for every reformer beheat
d ed a thousand would rise.
The reform sentiment among II
II Chinese of Hawaii seems to be vei
L. strong and growing There are no LEI
" than $50 subscribers in the Islands
rs I.eung Chi-Tso's paper published
" Yokohama "The China Discussion
le and Chinese reform paper is abol
to be established here. The Chine
Consul General has taken official NJ
tice of the movement and has post,
g notices at the United Chinese Society
IT headquarters warning all Chinese n
le to join the Chinese Reform Associ
tiOn. The press censor however seen
- to have gotten in his work and spi
bottle of ink over the consul's pr
clamation.