The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-15
SUN YAT SENS REBELLION
HONG KONG PAPERS CONSIDER IT
SERIOUS.
The Daily Press Advises the Powers to
Negotiate With the Rebels-No Itepi-
tition of Tai Ping Rebellion.

HONGKONG, October 90. - The
Hongkong Daily Press, publishes the
following today:
Our%Canton correspondents letter
puts a more serious appearance on the
state of affairs in Kwangtung province
than it has yet worn. Since the recap
ture of Weichow by the Imperialist the
rebels seem to have recovered the
ground lost and to be gaining large
accessions to their numbers. The Can
ton report makes them out to be about
twenty thousand strong now, and
among their ranks are many deserters
from the Imperial army, who being
members of the Triad Society turned
their arms against their comrades on
the battlefield and completed the rout
of the Government troops. The rebels
are mainly Hakkas and Tungkun men;
their leader is Sun Yat-sen, whose res
cue in London some time ago from the
hands of the agents of the Chinese
Government created such a sensation,
and they are reputed to have obtained
their funds from the Chinese of Singa-
pore and America, who form the back
bone of the Triad Society. They would
appear to be well-armed, to judge from
the success with which they have met.
Where their weapons were obtained, we
do not know; but it is highly probable
that the extensive arms-smuggling be-
i'm the north accounts for a great num-
ber The objects of the rebels are very
clearly defined. The principal end to
which their efforts are directed is the
subversion of the Manchus. The Off
Gals who fall into their hands receive
no mercy. With this attack on the
ruling class or clique is coupled the
protection of foreigners" who, it APP
pears, have nothing to fear from the
success of this party This policy is in
keeping with the placards issued by
them and extensively circulated, as we
hear, in the neighborhood of Canton,
and also with the letter which we pub
| lished on the 18th instant over the
signature Pyramid" 1t seems as
plain as possible that the rebellion is in
it's tendencies the very reverse of that
which has received the name of the
Boxer rising" in the north.
| Such being the case, the position of
| England in the matter is difficult. The
attempts of the southern officials to
! keep faith with us by the maintenance
of order in the LANG Kwang merits
our consideration, and If affairs get
beyond their control Intervention of
some kind will be inevitable But we
have seen enough of the results of the
mistaken policy carried out through the
! fundamentally of Gordon at the time
of the TAPPING revolt, to warn us of the
| folly, or rather the crime, of forcing
| the Chinese to continue against their
will under the incompetent and bar
barous Manchu yoke. The North China
Daily News in it's issue of the 18th in
slant makes a suggestion which de-
serves serious attention. THE Allies
says our contemporary, should open
negotiations with the leaders of the re-
bellion, while it is in it's inception and
before it gets out of hand, for if it's OBJ
loot to " 70 ain tln AInf nd
replace Kwang Hsu on the throne with
reforming Chinese Cabinet, we must
all be in sympathy with it, Some i'm
mediate step of this nature is urgently
called for. 1t is question whether the
rebellion is not already getting beyond
the power of the local Manchu and
Chinese officials to cope with. No more
unfortunate event could be imagined
than that the rebels, or Reformers as
their leaders claim that they are, should
have to be opposed by the armed
strength of the Powers, among whom
there is not one but knows that the
cause for which the rebels profess to
fight is one which must ultimately pre-
vail-the abolition of the corrupt and
decadent clique of Manchus who pre-
vent all progress for China. If the
Kwangtung insurgents can prove their
sincerity and the purity of their mo-
tiVes, justice and civilization itself
must prevent us from putting them
once more under the feet of their op-
pressors. Unfortunately the name of
Triad has evil associations, particular
ly to us in Hongkong, and the Reform
ers must prove that they are opposed
to many of the methods of this Society
before they can appeal successfully to
the sympathies of the world.
EVIDENTLY REFERS TO BRYAN.