Arizona republican., 1901-07-15
IMPATIENT TO GO HOME
The First Chinese on Record Desirous
 of Deportation.

1 Two of the happiest 1T not the most | demonstrative girls in Phoenix are
 Leuag Youk and Lee Moy the two
 Chinese girls awaiting deportation un- ! der an order by Commissioner Cren- 1 shaw last Friday. They never really
 had an understanding of the situation until yesterday. The barred windows
 and the iron door of their cell made them think they had been adjudged ] guilty of a crime for which they would ! lose their heads. for heads are not se-
 Curely fastened on in China.
 ! But as a matter of fact these girls ! did not come from China and were
 never in the empire Tn their lives. Their l home is on the island of Hong Kong, a few miles from the city. and so geo graphically but not actually they are
 British subjects.
 | A reporter for The Republican was permitted to interview them through | that bright eyed Celestial maiden Mary. 1 who has sold vegetables in Phoenix ever since she was big enough to drive horses. The two girls had just learned that they were not criminals and that ] they were 10 be taken home. They said they wished they could start at once.
 Their story of their Coming to this country was misunderstood by the Chi nese inspector. who said that they had | been bought of their parents for $550 each. They said that for long time 1 two men who wore short hair and look [ ed like the men they had seen at No gales (meaning Maxicans. but were no doubt Japanese) had been hanging about the village where they lived. The men at length addressed them in good Chinese They became better acQuaint- cd day after day. and one day the men
 asked them if they would not like to see the city As near as they lived to i 1t they had never visited It. They were glad to go and went away without the Knowledge of their parents. After a whil. the men asked them if they
 would like boat ride. That was also novelty. once in the boat 1t put out | to a big steamer (the American MarW, The next place they touched land was
 at san Francisco. They were hurried through the city as fast as possible and
 were soon on the way tp Nogales, ac- oompanied by the two men who had in . boat ride From Nogales they were hurried back to Tucson. but were not accompanied by the two men and they never saw them afterward At Tucson
 countryman bought them two tickets, but they did not know to what point. They never knew from the time the Maru started where they were going. They never heard the name of San Francisco. Nogales. Tucson or Mari
 copa where they were captured and taken from the train They were always
 as ignorant of their destination as if
 they had been boxes of dry goods, and
 could form no sort of conjecture re-
 garding the object of bringing them to this country.
 How do they like the country?" the
 reporter asked Mary.
 "Oh. they don't know" she replied
 They have been kept on the move so
 fast they haven't had time to see any
 thing
 One of the girls gave rhe reporter
 cigarette and a match.
 That's a custom of their country" said Mary: they would give you a cup of tea if they had it but they haven't anything but cigarette
 Mary and her mother are fitting up some clothes and providing money for
 them. so that the return "trip may be made as comfortable as possible.
 They are allowed ever/ possible lib- erty at the jail and last night were
 taken out for street car ride.