Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-15
ChautauQua Beach.
LEUNG CHI-TSO.
Chinese Reformer Whose Head Is
Worth $4,000.

From the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser.
Leung Chi-tso, also known as Leong Kai
Chew, is making ready to go to Kauai Two
days ago he came back from Hawaii, where
he spent fortnight proselytizing among
theChinese of that island. He says that he
had great success, and those who accom-
panied him tell the same story.
Leung Chi-tso, whose head delivered at
Pekn is worth s65,00o according to the
officers of the dowager Empress OF China
and Ii Hung Chang, takes some chances OF
losing his headpiece- Though he was con-
stantly watched on his journey to Hawaii
and during his travels there, yet there
were moments when quick and determined
assassin might have earned the reward,
which would have meant fortune to the
villain welding the weapon If he succeeded
in convincing the willy empress Of the death
of the man she hates and fears.
With Leung Chi-tso to Hawaii went a
quartet of local Chinese who constituted
his cabinet and bodyguard. They We're men
whose fidelity was proved and whose cour-
age and a!ertness could not be doubted.
Their instructions We're to never let their
charge out of their sight or reach. and to
be ready any instant to defend his safety.
Meetings were held at Hilo and other
places and reform, as advocated by Leung.
gained many adherents. Ieung told his
hearers at the plantation and village gath
erings that he had come to talk with them
OH subject dear as life. He pictured to
them the condition in which the Chinese
emperor is, the restraint placed upon him
by the empress and the willingness of the
emperor to give free speech and a share
in the government to every citizen Of the
Chinese empire.
He advocated the adoption of European
methods and habits. the cutting off Of
queues and the general showing to the
world and to the conservative party in
China that they were followers of the re-
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the battle of reform to the bitter end.
All over Hawaii Leung Chi-tso carried
the doctrine of opposition to the empress,
and found favor. He was attended every
where by bands of enthusiasts, and the
Bow Wong Wui. a branch of which he in
stituted in Honolulu, has now a member
ship of many hundreds on the big island.
This will mean much money for the cof
fers of the society, which Is struggling for
the overthrow Of the dowager. Leung
Cht-tso's Intentions are to leave Honolulu
for the mainland of America as soon as
his labors in the islands are over. He will
spend q long time in San Francisco and
the other cities of California, where his
countrymen live in numbers, and will even
tually go to Europe He will have great
influence to help him in San Francisco
where the leading merchants are in SYM
pathy with the reform plans
When an adviser to the emperor and a
teacher in college he. Of course wore the
conventional clothes of the upper class and
had as long and handsome queue as any
other reputable Chinese. 1t was not till the
empress sought his life that he abandoned
the pigtail which he prided. Now he as
sumes the everyday coat and trousers of
an American and wears his hair short and
parted in the middle.