The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
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THE CASH
Offer for the Life of
LeuHg Chi tso
Genuine.
BOW WONGS ARE WARNED
CtwlDg Hal Kwan, China's Represent
alive, Tells Punishment Awaits
CeIestiaIs Now Here.
BOW WOHGS ARE WARNED

Mayhap a sad fate is in store for the
Bow Wongs unless they are warned in
line. Information about them is on
it's way TO China. and unless they
mend their ways and draw out from
the revolutionary society it is likely to
30 hard with some of their relations.
Chwang Hal Kwan, the secretary OF
the Chinese Legation at Washington.
passed through here on the Doric,
bound for Manila. He has been sent
there by the Legation TO inspect the
conditions in the capital of the Phil
ippines. the exact nature of the work he
has to do not being known. First.
however, he will so 20 Shanghai and
70 Canton. before sailing from Hong
kong. Either before or after going to
Manila he Will go TO see Iii Hung
Chang. and his discoveries in Manila.
where many thousand Chinese live.
viii be reported to the Chinese Gov
eminent.
During his stay here he informed
himself thoroughly about the aims of
the Bow WOngs, their constitution
their attempts TO gain a charter. and
Jheir leader and his efforts to get
money, and learned their names. The
Chinese Consul was asked yesterday
afternoon about Chwang Hal Kwan's
observations here, and replied through
his interpreter that he was well salts
ned with everything he saw, and that
ne hoped the Government here would
reimburse the poor Chinese who had
suffered by the Chinatown fire. The
secretary had gone out to Relief Camp
No. 2, and had expressed himself as
well pleased.
Was the secretary glad that the
Government here had refused to grant
the charter asked for by the Bow
Wongs?"
Yes, be was glad that the charter
had not been granted, for the society
IS quite useless, and moreover 1t is a
very bad thing. This man Leung Chi
JsO comes here and tries to get up a
gciety, or company. Why did he
cave China? Because he had done
something very bad there, and he fed
% escape the penalty of his mis-
deeds"
What did he do?"
HE plotted against the Empress. If
he had been caught il might have been
imprisonment, but l think not. Now
this man escapes secretly and comes
here and cuts off his queue and tries
to start a society called the Bow Wong
Wui. That name, Bow Wong is very
good. Bow means protect, and
Wong means Emperor. You might
call ii Protect Emperor Society," but
the intention of the company is hid
den; it is in sections OF the constitu-
ton which have nothing TO do with the
title. These show that the idea is not
to protect the Emperor, but to create
a revolution. The man has been do
ing this in China: now he comes here
and tries to get up a protected society
whose object is to overthrow the En-
press.
Every Chinese must protect the
Emperor, of course; il is his duty.
But If this Leung was so anxious TO
protect the Emperor, why didn't he
stay in China? The Emperor does not
need any more protection than he has
already; but how is il going to protect
the Emperor for this Leung to come
away off and cut off his queue and
dress like a European"
well, then, what did he do it for?"
Everybody these days tries to get
money. This man Leung got these
Chinese to sign their names to the
book stating that they were members
OF the Bow Wong, and there was a fee
of two dollars from each person for
the expenses of the society, the sala-
ries of clerks, printing, and running
the newspaper. Leung was going to
take most of this money himself, but
he could not collect any OF it from any
one until the charter was granted.
This was why he was so anxious to
get the charter. His whole idea was
to get money out of the Chinese. The
Bow Wong Society Is to Leung merely