The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-25
HQentS For

the Chinese. japanese and native COM
munities. Think of such things.
/ call the ladies and the gentlemen.
call the mothers, 1 call the young and
old, | call the Christian men and wom-
en-, call the world to witness the in
human treatment of the inhabitants of
Chinatown, the like of which the world
never saw. Not only were the people
driven out from their homes by the
oncoming fire, but they must be driv-
en- by people with pick axe handles and
by soldiers with bayOnets. Not a single
Chinaman, Jap or native Hawaiian of
Chinatown was allowed to escape TO
the shelter of some kind friend, but
all were crowded to places selected by
the authorities. This measure was
taken for fear of the spread Of the
deadly malady, while all along people
we're allowed to go in and out OF the
infected district by the Board of
Health. If any one can or has carried
contagion Of this deadly disease with
him into clean localities, the Board of
Health physicians, inspectors and en-
ployes have done so.
The end of suffering is not yet. The
enemies Of the Chinese race have ac-
cused certain Chinese, and laid the
blame Of the spread of Saturdays fire
upon them. 1t has been said that
when the fire was getting ahead of
the firemen the Chinese deliberately
set fire to their premises in order TO
demand claims from the Government.
/ Such logic IS ridiculous. No one
would be satisfied if the Government
should pay them the full price Of their
| lost property. and l doubt whether the
I Government will pay them that. Ask
any well-educated, unprecedented and
/ impartial man If he had the chance the
/ Chinese had. whether he would DELHI
erately set fire to his property in or
der that he may get a dollar for a dol
/ lar of his lost possession. / doubt If
/ he would.
/ Talk about treating the quarantined
/ people well, talk about the various ex-
/ pressions of sympathy, why such ac-
/ tiOns only tend to increase the suffer
\ irgs of the people, which have become
/ too heavy to bear. This is like taking
an arrow and wounding a man from
a distance and then secretly go up to
dress his wounds and soothe his pain
in order to receive his thanks. Such
action Is too hypocritical to allow us
! to credit it with any degree of SINGER
/ ity. Talk about Christianity, tall
about the brotherhood Of man, why
such cannot be sincere. when outra.
geous and barbarous practices are GO
/ ing on.
/ Do you not for a moment think oil
/ the day when the influence of China
/ and Japan will be keenly felt? Such
a thing Ia possible. And 1t would be
/ we'll for those who have not yet done
so to consider this seriously, anC
study we'll the history Of ancient and
modern times, and notice well the rise
and fall of empires, the progress anC
/ drawback of human advancement,
/ Above all. remember that each and ev.
/ cry one of the gentlemen who are re-
sponsible for the sufferings and crue
/ treatment Of thousands, will have Il
give an account OF their stewardship
before the eternal and impartial Judge
/ of all the earth.
The Chinese and Japanese are no
peoples that can easily forget injurie.
done them. If such sufferings are no
early remedied, friends, you may ex
pect the day when the tyrannical &C
tons will be repaid. vengeance Il
mine, / will repay" saith the Lord.
WONG CHOW.
January %, 1900.