The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-07
CHINESE JUNTA IN AMERICA
SPREADING RAPIDLY.
Wins Adherents Among Young
Americans in California.
From Ainsies's Magazine.

From Ainsiee's Magazine.
The growth Of the revolutionary junta
In the United States and CANADA Gates
from the time OF King 70 Wal M sterIous
journey to London. after h~ans Esu was
CepOseC. " hat its membership Is cannot
be a5Certained. but IT IL estimated 70 be
more Than one-thirt of the entire Chinese
population Of the two countries. In San
francisco alone, where there are supposed
To tie between 3U.vVU and 4J.yJJ Chinese resi-
dents. the adherents OF the Junta are said
to number 2J.UU1. Five hundred out Of the
oND In Seattle claim allegiance to kVanS
HsU as against the Empress DowdS.r, ana
even Larger proportion Is Claimed IN
Vancouver. Small iuntaS are reported IN
Salt Lake city, Denver, Omaha, Chicago,
ST. Louis ana other large cities. Also still
smaller bodies are listed in such Western
towns Waila Walk. Butte, Helena, Bill
NHES- BOZeman, Livingston and other
places where The Chinese laundrymaH
hanss out his shing!e OF tne Chinese cook
or iaborer works il the mines or on the
railroads.
Now impulses are constantly being add
ed TO the American branches by the ar
rival and Departure OF important members
OF the junJa from its Oriental heaaqGar-
tiers. These members appear and disaP-
pear upon missions the nature Of which
is not made known. but which take them
to foreign countries and bring them back
with confidence extremely suggestive OF
important political negotiations. ono OF
the reasons for believing, although the
facts cannot be entirely substantiatea. that
the reIOriaerS are not without assurances
Powers is the fact that Kong 70 Wal, the
founder of the party. was carried from
Pekin by a British warship at the TINS
OF the Emperors deposition. and almost
immedia tely afterwards he made his mys-
FERROUS journey 10 London Upon his re-
turn the rumOr was broadly published, ana
has not since been strenuously contradict
ed, that he was backed by important poilti-
cal influences IN Great Britain, Prior 10
the assumption Of power by The Empress
Dowager. Japan was DONG an Ihdt q
friendly nation could do TO aid the Celestial
Empire into such army, navy and social
foreign aggressiuns. When the Empres!
Dowager went to the throne these e1Orts
Were almost entirely checked II Is pre-
sumed therefore. that Japdns sympathy
a. least lies with the reformers.
That 1t will be difficult for the Initeo
States to avoid an imorogho with Shiit
may be surmised from the Efforts OF the
tuu,a in san Francisco to secure the CO.
California who foresee In the proposed reVo-
luton /. chance for personal auVanIdse
and distinction. Proposals were MADE 70
thes. Young men tc become active agents
II not real leaders. IN ili6usieiihg I'M eF y,
in the final act Of rebellion. According 10
statements recently published. Il student az
Stanford University. Harry Lea D! naIe,
has heeu taken into the conaieiiSe OI viz
inner circle OF the Chinese reform I a ~ 4,
and expects TO be one of the factors IN
plo;ttng the ultimate military moNsIieii..1
against the existing dynasty. Lea has a.
tended several meetings OF the pfoLiiilI.tss,, ILL.,
Evolutionary Cinnamon OF the 49, -, .,
has made speeches which have created en-
thTsiasn. and otherwise taken some pIao c[,
ticaI hold of the propaganda Inc ChLll. 20
Consul General at SaD Francisco Ms ma
formal protest to WaSnlhst1,h aadI.aff orSer
~ the Po Wong WOey enlisted the aVoNet
support OF many OF the white residents VI
the community