The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-30
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REFORMER K'ANG YU WEI FOR
EMPEROR.
Would Make Alliance With the Powers
C. J. Hutchins Proposes General
Chaffee for Second Chinese" Gordon

The Bow Wong program in China, in
VolNing a vast civil war in which the
! reform party of the southern provinces
will strive to overthrow the Boxer party
of the north, and bring the Manchu
taNnaSty to an end, has been submitted
Ito the powers of the world according to
J the local leaders of the Chinese reform
4 society. The program includes an
offer of alliance, one of the con-
ditions of which is that there must
be no attempt to divide up the Chi
nese empire. The Bow Wong society
! has been doing most energetic work all
! over the world, and it is now said to be
in condition to provide any amount of
money for the war that must be fought
out. a very large Nart of this work
was done by Leung Chi-tso while in
! Honolulu. Leung made a headquarters
here that did work which, the Chinese
say, will one day be felt all over the
world. The governments at Washing
| tAn, London, st. Petersburg and other
capitals have been approached by men
WbOm the Bow Wongs sent from China,
and asked to ally themselves with the
r&Orm party What answers were
given is not known, but the trend of
events is undoubtedly towards cooper
alton of the Bow Wongs and the armies
of the powers, in the terrible conflict
that seems inevitable. So at least the
reformers here think.
THE way to settle with China is to
form an alliance with the reform party
and let this element of the population
| of China fight for the overthrow of the
Boxer party. There is no need for the
! Powers to undertake the impossible
task of fighting all China, and partition
of the empire is something that cannot
! lie accomplished. But with the aid of
! the Powers the reform party can re-
store the emperor or in the event of his
tn1o X lot nt 1n hnn
and establish a government that will
be all that can be asked for" This is
| the Bow Wong program, and it is be-
llieved to be far nearer to accomplish
ment than the general world is aware
of. The reformers can raise $25O00,0 900 or
more. if needed, at a moments notice,
say the Bow Wongs
The southern provinces of China,
which the Bow Wongs claim as suppor-
ters of the reform party, have three
foerths of the country's entire popula-
tion.
They are declared to be capable of
marching to Peking and oVerturning
the present government. If on reach
ing Peking they found the unfortunate
Kaan6 Hsu dead X ang Yu Wei the
great reform leader, would be their
choice, it is said, for head of the govern
ment K'ang is spoken of as the great
est Chinese leader that has arisen since
Confucus, and the vast reform move
ment he and his associates have set in
motion bears out the statement that he
is a man of great ability and power as
a leader with this man on the
throne, said one of the Honolulu mem
berS of his party, "and board of lib
eral advisors around him, China would
have a government that would make
her a civilized country. 1t would be as
Int began to be when the Emperor, under
advice of the now eXiled reformers,
made the edicts opening the country,
on account of which he was practically
dethroned by the non-liberal party of
the empress -dowager."
Among white men who have been to
| China and studied the crisis which has
now startled all the world there are
few who have had better opportunities
for observation than Clinton j. Hut
chins local manager of the Pacific Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company Mr..
Hutchins spent two years in China
where he made the acquaintance of Ii
Hung Chang, Kang Yu Wei, Leung
Chi-tso and other leaders. When asked
about the Bow Wong programme as
briefly outlined in Saturdays Star, Mr..
Hutchins expressed the opinion that ii
was the only possible way to deal with
the crisis, and he emphatically upheld
the claim of the Bow Wongs that if
the powers ally themselves with the
Reform Party Lii Hung Chang win be
when 1 met Ii Hung Chang few
years ago." said Mr.. Hutchins, the
reform party, then being organized,
was one of our subjects of cOnVerSa-
tion. This was just at the time when
the reformerS were eXiled and their
comrades beheaded. l asked Ii what
he thought of the reform movement and
he said it was what he had been work
ing for all alone for over thirty years.
"The idea that the Powers can divide
China Is utterly absurd. The Chinese
have patriotism and love of country as
strong as any people in the world. Do
not the actions of the members of the
reform party in sacrificing their homes,
their lives, and the lives of their rela-
tions show this? / remember the case
Of one of l&ang Yu Weis associates
who was beheaded in Peking. He was
offered protection by an American Mis-
sion. The night before his capture he
was warned in the mission, where he
was visiting and told that he had better
remain. He was given offers Of help in
getting away and protection in the le-
cation. Nothing more nobly patriotic
than his answer can be found i'm his
tory. There must be bloodshed, he
said before any great reform can be
brought about. For every man who is
killed for the cause 100000 new re-
formers will rise. ! am willing TO lose
my life if necessary He left the mis-
sion anu lidl very ulBuh llt was zap
tured. The next morning he was be-
headed and his last words were a de-
hance-he repeated at the last his
splendid threat, that millions of new re-
formers would be converted by every
execution. * 'ang Yu Wei, Leung Chi
tso and other reformers are ready to
die In the same way If necessary. The
Chinese love of country is stronger, If
anything, than that OF any other people
in the world. Leung Chi-tso's warning
given i'm Honolulu, that attempts to
partition China would make Boxers out
of nine tenths of the country's vast
population Is not stretching the truth.
If the Powers try to divide the coun-
try they will simply have to fight the
whole population, which they cannot
successfully do. On the other hand, by
going i'm with the reformers the powers
may establish a new Chinese govern
ment i'm short and need not fight the
whole country.
This is really the only feasible plan
there is. Chinese must be fought with