The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-02
CHINESE FLEE FROM HOME THE Committeeman MEET THE ruling REVERSED BROWN AFTER DAVIS NOW
A SCARE ON ACCOUNT OF PEKING
NEWS.
Hundreds of Them Want to Get Away
From Here-Coptics Empty Cabin
and Crowded Steerage.

Fears that the white man will retail
ate upon Chinese here for the Boxer
atrocities in China is causing the return
home of large numbers of Honolulu
Chinese. The S. S. Coptic today takes
268, which is not all who want to go,
but all she can carry. Yesterday after
noon, after she arrived, many appli-
cants for tickets were turned away, as
the steamers steerage is full. She has
a hundred orientals from San Francis
co and 5S Japanese from Honolulu.
The Chinese booking from here in
many cases give as a reason for want
ing to go the fear that continued re
ports from the orient will so inflame the
anger of the white people that there
will be slaughter of Chinese in Homo
lulu, in revenge. MANY of those who
come for their papers," said interpre-
ter Lin Shen Chow of the immigra-
tion bureau, tell me that they are go
ing because they are afraid to stay in
the country. They are in a great hurry
and won't feel safe still they get away.
Quite a lot of them are women. A hun
dred and fifty of the lot are not even
taking out papers emitting them to re-
turn. OF course those who dre afraid
are of the ignorant classes who tE:nk
it is likely that the anger of the peOpl 2
here at Peking and other outrages will
cause bloodshed."
The refugees from Honolulu bound
for China, who will doubtless tell of
the terrible dangers they escaped at
the hands of the whites of Hawaii, are
matched by white refugees making
their escapes, with a good deal better
reason, from the orient. The Coptic' S
cabin is a lonely place this trip. She
came here with only II people in it,
leaves 4 of them behind as stop-overs,
and therefore goes with only thirteen
passengers. On the up trip as she pass
ed through here she was crowded and
she is expected to be filled again when
she returns, with missionaries and tour
lists who have been lucky enough to
find their way out of China. Tourist
travel to China has about stopped now
With two or three exceptions the peo-
pie going through on the Coptic are GO
ing on business. Only four on the YES
sci are bound for Hongkong, the rest
being booked for Yokohama and Kobe
excepting of course, those in the crowd
ed Steerage, who went away amid an
indescribable confusion of oriental bag
gage, which they will not straighten out
till long after Hawaii's shores are cut
of sight. But they are well satisfied
to have got safely away from under
the flag of the country their people
have so fearfully wronged.
1t would have been easy to start g
big scare among the Chinese on the Pa
cific Mail wharf this morning. They
came in droves and scrambled TO get
to the steamer, the more eXcttable ones
appearing to think that there was dan
ger of the fight beginning any time
Beyond a boost now and then from ar
official who hadn't much time to spare
they received no indignities, but they
will tell various stories of the temper
of the white man in Hawaii, when they
reach home. They will think the stories
are true, for many of them really be
lieve that they are making a fortunate
escape from danger.