The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
NOT OFFICIALLY DEAD.
now LOCAL CHINESE REGARD M
uuSG CHANG.
uis Admirers are Waiting for Omclal
News of IIls Death Before Holding
Amy Memorial

Although Ut Hung chang is as dead
as the great Confucius. he sull lives
Officially" and until the local Chinese
receive positive information from their
government. they will take no steps TO
observe the demise of their greatest
statesman. II is a case Of "Wolf,
Wolf" with them and only when the
representative Of his Imperial Majesty,
the Emperor, notifies the Chinese peo-
pie here of the death of Earl L. VIII
anybody take steps to mourn the loss
to their country Indeed IL Is doubt
full If the memorial, whatever n be, viii
be generally observed throughout the
colony of Chinese.
To the Chinese living in the Territory
of Hawaii, the name of Ii Hung Chang
is not one to arouse the spirit of emu
lation or stir the dormant spark OF
patriotism. Chinese generally and es-
pecially the Chinese i'm the Hawaiian
Islands. are divided in their estimation
of the great Chinese. To some, he was
| the personinCation Of what was right
| in the Chinese code Of statesmanship.
while to others. he was the ogre Of
politics, the inhuman oppressor of those
who sought to reform their country.
In local official and many conserNa-
| tive circles, the death of Ii Hung
| Chang will probably be regretted. Thus
| far. Consul Yang Wal Pin has taken
no steps TO observe the death OF the
great man. This apparent Indifference
to the loss of the Premier of emma,
has caused considerable comment, not
| only among the Chinese, but among
the other races as well. Yang Wal
! Pin is not guilty however of any inten-
| tional disrespect to the memory or Ii
Hung Chang, but is forced to wait FOR
instructions from Minister WI before
any official reorganization of Earl LIS
death can be taken here
on about three previous occasions,
! the newspapers published accounts OF
the death of Ii Hung Chang. Consul
Yang Wal Pin and the local Chinese
propose to take no chances but Will
he sure they have their dead before
they begin to mourn AS soon as otii-
cial news of the death of Earl Ii is re-
ceived from Minister WI at Washing
ton, Consul Yang Wal Pin Will prob
ably place the flag at the consulate. at
half mast and may also issue pro-
clamation setting aside ceraln day
when a memorial of some sort may be
held. 1t will not, of course, be compul-
sorry on the Chinese to take any part
in the memorial and it is more than
likely that many will have nothing to
do with any form of mourning.
There are many Chinese, both of the
Conservative and the reform elements
Chang. 1t is claimed by the reformers
that he was responsible for the harsh
treatment which was accorded the
family of Lam Sal, in the province OF
Canton, two years ago, and, as result
his death causes them no sorrow On
the other hand, many of the conserVa-
tive Chinese regarded Ii as too west
ern in his ideas. There seems no ques-
tion hut the great statesman foresaW
that his country would eventually have
to adopt the methods of more civilized
people, although he probably dld not
relish a sudden introduction of the new
civilization.
Some of the local Chinese evidently
hated the old man, for number as
soon as they heard the news OF ms
death. expressed the greatest salts
faction and showed their resent
ment of him by taking pictures of him
land sticking knives in his throat. me
official announcement of Lis deatr
should be received by the Ventura TO-
morrow.