The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-11
THE LOCAL CHINESE ROW GROWS
MORE BITTER.
Safety Certificates Issued by the Con-
sul-Letters From Kang Yu Wei and
Leung Chi-tsO.

Chinese Consul Yang Wal Pin is
roasted to finish in the last number
of the local Bow Wong newspaper. An
article from the head officer of the
Bow Wongs on the island of Maui
makes the consul's recent circular the
occasion of most bitter personal at
tack on the consul, and it is stated that
Yang has employed counsel to proceed
against the writer for libel.
Yang is accused of being a sort of
typical Mandarin official in the matter
of eXtortions and he is arragneu 1or
many acts of his term of office 1t is
charged that he made a custom of col
lecting $40 or more from every China
man who wanted to bring his wife from
China, for aid in getting her here. The
article in the Bow Wong paper goes
into past history and pours ridicule up
on the unpopular consul for having, as
is stated, ridden about the streets Of
Honolulu, in his long official robes, on
a womans bicycle. The writer OF the
article is evidently not at all afraid
of the consul for he does not spare
words. The consul's actions at the
time of the death of Princess Kaiu-
lani are criticised as lackin~ in proper
respect, as ii is declared that he re-
fused to go into mourning The writer
ends by giving his opinion of the latest
circular threatening punishment of re-
latives of the Bow Wongs in China.
The bitter dose given in the columns
of the local paper is said to have great
ly angered the consul and the row is
now bigger than ever. The writer of
the article is a wealthy Chinaman, who
does not propose to rest while his re-
latiOns are endangered, and he is said
to be coming to Honolulu to back up
his statements and defend himself il
criminal libel proceedings are begun.
1t is a lively rumpus with the BOW
Wongs on top in Hawaii and the con-
sui having the whip hand in far-away
China.
Yang Wal Pin has issued a few GER
tifcates to members of his race who
applied for evidence that they were not
members of the reform society and now
he is said by the Bow Wongs to have
refused to issue any more. Whether
this means that the scheme of punish
ment in China has been abandoned, or
that the consul thinks 1t useless to try
to break up the Bow Wong, members
| of the society do not know.
The certificates issued, of which the
Bow Wongs have been trying to get
samples, are attested by photographs
of the holders. They are in effect as
! follows: This certifies, that;...... has
| lived in Hawaii. ........ years, and that
he has been a good Chinese citizen and
is not a member of any disloyal secret
societies in Hawaii" Armed with such
paper as this the Chinese are sup
posed to be safe when they go home.
one member of the Bow Wong Wui
says that he was refused a certificate
when he asked for one. The consuHS
circular invited the members of the so
! ciety to call and secure such Certifi-
Gates. The member states that he went
and told the consul that he had left the
society and wanted a safety certih-
| cate, but was refused
Letters from K'ang Yu Wei and
| Leung Chi-tso both We're received in
| Honolulu yesterday. The letter from
! K'ang Yu Wei came via the Doric from
Singapore that from the other reform
er was from Sydney on the Aorangi.
This disproves the statement of Consul
Yang Yai Pin that Leung was in the
| orient.
Both letters from the reformers fore
cast the return to Peking of the En-
peror Kwong Hsu. Leung states that
he has received a letter from a high
Chinese official advising him to leave
Australia and come to some place near
| to China. so that he may be ready to
go to Pekng as soon as the emperor
returns. K'ang Yu Wei says that he
thinks the emperor will soon return.
In anticipation of this event Leung
stated that he was about to leave sgd
ney for the orient.