The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-02
.DENOUNCES
REFORMERS

Consul Yang Wei Pin was interviewed
through his secretary at the Imperial
Consulate, on Beretania street, yesterday
afternoon by an Advertiser representa-
tive. and asked to express his views on
the article and open letter that appeared
IN the columns of Saturdays paper.
Dressed in conventional American at
tile the representative OF HIS Imperla.
Majesty looked little like a man VINO an
tIcipated in the near future to assist n
becoming the means of arresting. i'm
prisoning, filming, torturing and probably
boheading the unfortunate relatives OF
The members of the Bow wongs and
other so-called rebellious Associations
who are under his charge in these Isl
ands The Consul was indlsposed to
discuss the matter, and remarked that
he had little or nothing TO say on the
subject.
"As far as the open letter is concern
ed" said the secretary, I'VE have mere
~ glanced at It, and do not really
know what the ignorant person who
writes it says. There are with us, as
with you, many ignorant and foolish peo-
pie who are fond of talking, to see them
selves in print, and for the sake of the
momentary Importance that they imag-
Inc 1t brings to them. They imagine
themselves persons of notoriety, hurting
defiance. as they think, against the I'M
perial Government. and to their friends
and relatives at the tea houses do they
talk of their bravery.
I'VE are the representatives of His
Imperial Majesty and take no more no.
tice of these misguided, ignorant people
than would you in like manner, should
some of your rabble write a foolish let
ter about Mckinley"
Are the proclamations as printed in
the Advertiser correct translatlons?"
asked the reporter.
Yes; they are In substance correct:
they are issued by the Imperial Govern
ment. We do not care to discuss them"
Vow about the $3.50 head for abso-
lutionT" was the next query.
THAT is an incorrect statement. We
are not taking any money from these
people. We trust and believe that they
will all see the wisdom of changing and
become good men within the thirty
DAYS"
This terminated the interview. From
the Consul's point of view the fiat Of the
Imperial dragon has gone forth, the
MUST has been uttered. and those who
still choose to revolt must pay the pen
atty in the loss of their relatives. All
the members Of the associations are on
the "lst' and from the attitude adopted
by the Consul they never will be missed.
Drastic measures will be adopted, and
Idecapitation in China Is a small thing,
anyhow
From humane standpoint the cruelty
that would be practiced, should the
threats of the proclamation be put into
execution, Is hardly conceivable to the
average mind. For the presumption Of
expressing a derogatory opinion OF the
despotism practced by the Empress
Dowager, whole families, innocent and
guilty alike. down to the farthest trace
able relations OF the prescribed, would be
submitted to the greatest indignities tor
lures and privatons In the art OF which
the Chinese are so proficient 1t seems
quite natural that the enlightened class
OF Chinese that dwell In these Islands.
living closely as they do In touch with
the broad spirit of republicanism, should
not believe In the autocratic ways of
the Dowager and so fearful a punish
ment, II perpetrated, would be an out
rage that would send a wave OF indigna-
ton throughout the civilized world. So
the Bow Wongs of Hawaii believe. The
proclamation issued by Yang Wei Pin.
Consul, and Goo Kim, Vice Consul, n
the instance of Minister WI Ting Fang
at Washington, and the Governor of the
Province of Human and Hu-peh, Is yet
believed by the Reformers of Hawaii m
cited mainly by greed for gold.