The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-09
LOCAL CHINESE KICK
OBJECT TO PORTUGUESE guAn or
LAND
Send Protest to Washington and Picking
And Some VIII Return and Fight BE-
Necessary.

large meeting OF Chinese residents
of Honolulu was held ON Saturday night
under the auspices of the Chinese Unit
ed Societies To- protest against the Ces-
sion Of the district of Heong san Co the
Portuguese government. a dozen speak
ers addressed the gathering. and some
of them talked fight Hyoug San hap
pens To- be- the district In which are the
former homes Of most Of the Chinese
mere, and there are not few Chinese
in Honolulu why say that rather than
see this part of their country turned
over to Portugal, they will go home ana
resist The meeting decided Co address
memorials 10 Minister Wa Ting Fang
at Washington and To the imperial gov
eminent at Picking.
Heong San 'e ON the Chinese coast
close To- Hong Kong. and includes some
valuable sea-purts. To has a population
of about half a million people. Recent
press dispatches have contained state
meuts that as "a result of the late trou-
bles the district was likely To- go to- Por-
tugll and IL was these statements that
aroused the Chinese here. \ similar
meeting 90 that in Honolulu has been
held i'm San Francisco, say local CHI
nese and they predict that the Portu-
guese government will have its hands
tull if il tries To take the territory.
There are many wealthy Chinese both
here and i'm Heong San, who are inter-
eSted in the proposition
The meeting on Saturday night was
presided over by Wong Leong president
of the Bow Wong Wui of Hawaii. About
500 Chinese We're present all eager to
do something to save their native land
from Portuguese domination This
number, it is stated, does not by any
means represent the full strength of the
sentiment here in opposition to the Por-
tuguese grab of land, and the memorials
that will go forward will contain over
thousand signatures, If there is time
enough, before the steamers leave, to
get that many one petition is to go to
San Francisco, addressed to WI Ting
Fang at Washington, and the other
leaves on the steamer the other way, for
China
one Of the Chinese, who is prospe-
rous merchant here, expressed his in
tention to give up his business and 60
back and fight if necessary. He owns a
home ana has relatives i'm Heong San,
but has lived here a number of years
and made small fortune. IF the gov
eminent gives the land to Portugal
shall go and fight the Portuguese" he
said last Saturday afternoon. They
say that the Portuguese have better
weapons and a better army than the
Chinese but we shall be fighting for
our homes. Suppose | am killed, | shall
only die once, and maybe | kill two,
three men before | die.
There are plenty Chinese here who
will go back too. Nearly all Chinese
here come from Heong San and if Por-
tugal gets the land then they have no
more homes. My relations are in Heong
San, and they no want Portuguese gov
eminent Other Chinese all the same
Portugal has not many men and not
much money, and maybe we win if
we fight"
IF we no win" the Chinese added
then / get killed, but | only die once
At the meeting Saturday night the
chinese expressed similar sentiments
The speakers dwelt a good deal upor
the fact that the only idea Of the Portu.
guese was to exploit the country
Heavy taxes would be levied and all the
money that could be collected would be
squeezed out of the land only for the
purpose of sending it to help along the
portuguese government with its ex-
penSes.
This evening there will be another
meeting of a committee to finish work
on the memorials