The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-24
SLAVERY QUITE COMMON
MANY HELPLESS LITTLE VICTIMS
AMONG CHINESE.
All Hos Case, Cruelty and AL only a
Sample of a Large Number-Authori-
ties Powerless.

AS far as the slavery is concerned the
case of little All Ho is declared by those
who ought to Know to be only one of
many and even in the matter of cruelty
the stories told of the fearful treatment
she received are not new to those fami-
liar with the habits of Chinese. There
are many slaves" among the local Chi
nese-little boys and girls who have
been bought by the people with whom
they live and many of whom are sub
jected to terribly cruel treatment.
Without the Intervention of a white
there is not the least chance for any of
the young slaves to get freedom. The
bargain is so much a matter of courts
that none of them would ever think of
asking for it. They have been paid for
and, in the language Of one of the own
ers, they are paupers and ought to be
glad to have any home at all"
Mrs. Ng Mon War appeared before
Judge Wilcox this morning in a pretty,
American style dress. with her own
baby also well dressed. in her arms. She
is a handsome young Chinese woman
and looked anything but the fearfuny
| cruel taskmaster she is alleged to have
been. The baby looked fat and happy
and Mrs. Ng Mon War petted it affec-
| tionately as she stood before the judge,
as if to show that she was a kind
hearted mother and couldn't possibly be
guilty of striking a small girl brutal
blows with a heavy piece of wood.
The slave system that undoubtedly
exists all through the Chinese popula-
ton is something that the law cannot
reach In cases such as that of little
All Ho is said to be, where white men
or women are witnesses of cruelty, the
police may be called and the children
taken away. There is no Hawaiian
law under which the cases of slavery
can be interferred with" said High She
nj
the federal law protects the children
and if they want their liberty they can
get it,"
There is no chance, however, that any
of the ignorant, ill-treated youngsters
will ever learn that there is such a
| thing as a federal law against slavery
| or compulsory service. Bought from
impoverished parents from whom they
never could learn of any other prospect
! than slavery, they accept the situation
| and do the service. In the Kawaiahao
| seminary now are two other chinese
children besides All Ho who were taken
| from Owners" about a year ago and
are still kept. They were taken because
white people found out that they were
| being cruelty treated and made COM
! plant, not because either of them ever
dreamed of going to the authorities and
asking that they be liberated.
The other slaves in town. the many
| who are kept just as All Ho was, are
going on with their labors, taking their
beatings and not expecting anything
else, because, as already stated "they
the paupers and have no right to any
thing at all"
THE cruelty of many Chinese owners
to these slaves while they are as loving
as any parents in the world to theil
own offspring, is a strange feature o
the Chinese character" said a residen
of Kalihi who has had occasion to no
tice the state of affairs. THE lttl,
youngster who is in a home as a slav,
is made to do all sorts of work fo
which he or she is not fit. There is n,
end to the hardships and no end to tn
beatings and all the time the mothe
and father will be gentle and loving t,
their own lucky children and never
seem to see the cruelty they do to tn,
other.
1.-The slave is a pauper and has No
right to anything. Such a child has
been brought into the world by peopl,
who could not support it and who solo
ii and ii ought to be grateful for an!
home al all, even if 1t is a home of un
bearable hardships and thrashings."
Mrs. Ng Mon Wars child i'm the police
court this morning seemed to bear on
this view. 1t was fat and healthy anC
nestled in its mothers arms happily al
an infant should Yet if the Statement
of witnesses are to be believed the sam,
woman had constantly beaten anOthe
little girl with horrible brutality.
Ng Mon War appeared for his wifi
and asked a continuance till next Sa
turday. She was granted till Tuesday