Daily camera., 1900-08-27
.LEuNc ,cHI-rso.
Chinese ne1ernee ef ASastSS'
WAoAs HseA 10 Westh oos,-
oo0 n Peking.

Lepng Chf-tso, also known. - Leoni
'Kai Chew, lately came back from Ha-
'wafi; where he spent 4 fofthig ghtprose-
aytisinee aahong the Chinese Of th4t
island. He says that he had great
success, and those who accompanied
him tell thes tame1 story, says the
Honolulu Commercial Advertiser.
y Leung Chi-tso, whose. lead delivered
at Peking is worth SIS, 600. according
to the officers Of the dowager empress
of China and Ii Hung .nang, takes
some chances of losing his headpiece.
Though he was constantly watched
on his journey to Hawaii and during
his travels there, yet there were mo-
nients when ssauiek and detevnined
assassin might have earned 1theg re-
ward, which would have meant for
tune to the villain welding the weap-
on If he succeeded in convincing the
willy empress of the death of the man
she hates and fears u :
With Leung Chi-tso to Hawaii went
quartette Of local Chinese who con.
etituted his cabinet and bodyguard,
They were mea whose fidelity wae
proved and whose courage and slert-
ness could not be doubted Their IN.
s;ructions wers to never let their
charge o,:t of their sight, or reach.
and to be a~aAW any instant to defend
lis safety. .....-..-. ......
Meetings were held st Hilo and othS:'
er places, and reform, a. advocated
by Leung, gained many adherents.
Leung told his hearers at the planta-
ton and village gatherings that he
Rad come to talk with them on SUBJ
jtct dear as life. Helpictured to them
the condition in which the Chinese
emperor is, the restraint placed upon
him by the empress and the willing
ress of the emperor to give FREQ
speech and share in the government
to every citizen Of the Chinese empire.
He advocated the adoption OF Ru=
Fopean methods and habits. the cut=
ting Off of queues and the general
showing to the world and to the con=
servative party in China that they
were followers OF the reform party
and were determined tolfight the bat-
tie of reform to the bitter end.
All over Hawaii Leung Chi-tso car
red the doctrine Of opposition to tho
empress. and found favor He was
attended everywhere by bands Of en-
and the Bow Wong Wui, .
branch of which he instituted in
Honolulu. has now a membership Of
many hundreds on the big island.
This will mean much money for the
Golfers of the society. which is strug=
Cling for the overthrow of the dow:
ager. Leung Chi-tso's intentions are
10 leave Honolulu for the mainland OF
America as soon as his labors in the
islands are over. He will spend
long time in San francisco and tho
other cities of California, where his
live in numbers. and will
eventually 60 to Europe. He will
have great influence to help HIM In
San Francisco. where the leading mer.
chants are in sympsthy with the re-
form plans.
:. When an adviser TO the emperor
and teacher in . college he, OF
course. wore the conventional clothes
OF the upper class and had as long
q nd handsome q queue as any other
Chinese. 1t was not till the
empress sought his life that he aban,
doned the national costume OF China
q nd cut of the pigtail which he prid,
ed. Now he assumes the everyday
G oct and trousers Of an American and
wears his hair short and parted in the
middle.