The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-30
lnhuman Circular
OF Consul
Yang.
WOULD BEHEAD
REFORMER KINDRED
open Letter From a Local Bow
Wong Defies the Imperial
Representatives.

! " for the Hawaiian Islands, has is
| sued proclamation In which he
demands that every Chinese Re
former, member of the Bow Wong Wui
Society or other associations not in
conformity with the present form of
Government in China shall present
himself at the Consulate within the
next thirty days and swear fealty to
the Government, with the alternative
threat that the families in China of
those who fail to respond will be arrest
ed imprisoned, punished and be-
headed.
The question agitating the Chinese
colony at present is t'Will he carry out
the threats contained in his proclama
tion?" The absolution offered the Re-
formers and Bow Wongs consists in the
Consul Withholding the names of their
relatives in China from the Empress
Dowager's Government, and thus saw
ing them from suffering for the al
legged sins of their kin in the Hawaiian
Islands.
A few days ago this proclamation,
signed by Consul Yang Wei Pin and
Vice Consul Goo Kim, was blazoned in
every part of Chinatown and in any
part of the city where dwelt sons of
China and created CONSERVATION in the
colony. The Consul threatened to send
the names to the. authorities at the
present seat of the Chinese Government
and to Chang Chez Tung, Governor OF
Human and Hupeh.
Many of the Reformers~ and other
Chinese against whom the proclamation
is particularly aimed finally came to
believe that there was sinister mo-
tive underlying the PRONUNCIATION OF
the Consul's dictum, and that this was
in effect desire to obtain moneys
from the unsuspecting ones who came
to him to swear their fealty to the
!, present Government. 1t was bruited
about the colony that for each absolu-
ton SO given by the Consul, $3.50 would
be given in exchange by those obtain
ing this protection"
The Bow Wongs have held meetings
denouncing the action of the Consul
and they charge him with having made
. it a part of the absolution that the
$3.50 per head be paid.
In effect, the proclamation, if carried
out, would work one of the greatest
outrages in this modern day. The fam
lilies in China of the Reformers Bow
Wongs and queueless Chinese of Ha-
waii would be subjected to every in
dignity that could be practiced upon
} them by the authorities there. The in
nocent and the guilty alike would be
made to feel the hard hand of Chinese
power. There would be no escape, and
all because the enlightened Chinese who
have made their homes in a foreign
! land do not believe in the autocratic
power exercised by the Empress Dow
ager. They further charge that the
proclamation purporting to emanate
T,,n
is a forgery and that it's inception was
in the minds of Chinese officials who
saw in the threats to do harm to the
innocent a means of obtaining gold.
To this end the Chinese Reformersl
have framed an open letter to Consul
Yang Wei Pin and Vice Consul Goo
Kim, which is also published in these
columns.
The Advertiser publishes herewith a
complete translation of the proclama-
ton issued by Governor Chang Chee
Tung, the message from minister WI
Ting Fan at Washington. -. c., and
the proclamation of Consul Yang Wei
Pin of this city, as follows: -
PROCLAMATION
The so-called Reform party has re-
Gently organized head society at the
city of Shanghai, known as 'Independ-
ence Society,"" and established branches
at the different cities of China, and is
sued certificates to other secret societies
to cooperate in order to revolt on GER
tain date and certain place, such as WV
iChong. Hang Kan and Hong Young. For
tunately, their plans have leaked out and
some of the leaders have been arrested
land beheaded. but a great number Of
them have escaped to the different prov
inces and foreign ports.
Dispatches for the arrests of the lead
ers have been transmitted to the vice
roys of the different provinces of China.
Therefore the rebels have been spread
all over the Empire of China, as well as
foreign ports.
They intend to burn and destroy the
tcities. No doubt this would accomplish
the ruin of the commerce Of both Chi
nese and foreigners.
Should we not notify the different rep
resentatives of the powers that the re-
suit of such action will be serious? A
list of names of the escaped leaders has
sbeen obtained from the beheaded ones.
and l herewith enclose one to you, trust
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