The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-16

~
w AS a result Of the report made
w by George R. Carter upon the
charges preferred against Yang
Wei Pin, Chinese Consul at Honolulu,
by Chinese residents of that city. the
State Department will probably request
the recall of that official by the Chinese
government
Certain influential Chinese residents
of Honolulu forwarded a request to
| Secretary Hay for the removal of the
Consul some months ago, claiming in
substance that he was not proper rep
resentative of their country. as he used
his official position for the purpose of
| holding up his countrymen in every
way he could, referring particularly to
the fact that he was smuggling opium
into the United States.
Upon the report being received by
the Secretary of the Treasury he at
once directed Collector Stackable of
Hawaii to make an investigation. Pre-
vious to having received this order, the
records of the Treasury Department
become suspicious of the action of the
Chinese Consul, Yang Wei Pin, in
April, 1901, and had made investiga-
lions, corresponding with the Treasury
Department on the matter. The inves-
LEGATIONS made by him in May, 1901,
had been continued and were still un-
der way when the hurry-up order was
given him by the Treasury Depart
ment in connection with the complaint
of Chinese residents of Honolulu. He
evidently proceeded with the matter,
but at about the time he was ready to
make a report, additional directions
were sent from this city to the effect
that no further action upon his part
was necessary, the entire matter having
been referred for further investigation
by the Secretary of the Treasury to
George r. Carter of Honolulu. About
the same time a request was forward
ed to Mr. Carter to investigate the facts
IN the case and report to Washington
as soon as convenient. Mr.. Carter COM
piled with the request of the Depart
rment and he made the Investigations
as requested. 1t is understood that the
report was received here about two
weeks ago, but the officials of both the
Treasury Department and Department /
Of State refuse to give out any in
formation whatever as to the contents
of Carriers findings,
From what is a thoroughly reliable
source however, it has been learned
that either from the report made by
Mr. Carter or some other source the
officials here have become thoroughly
satisfied that the Chinese Consul at
Honolulu, Yang Wei Pin, has on at
least one occasion smuggled a large
quantity of opium into the port of Ho-
nolulu without the necessary payment
of duties to the United States, and
then disposed of it to his countrymen
there. AS the story goes here, in April,
1901 an attache of the Chinese Consul
ate at Honolulu by the name of Yang
-7sung Cheng arrived at Honolulu on
the steamer Doric. He had with him
a large number of trunks. and had
also the usual request from the Secre-
tary of State of the United States di-
rected to the Custom officials at Homo
uIu, that he be shown the customary
courtesy as accorded any member of
foreign consulates, and that his bag
gage be not subjected to the usual eX-
animation. In addition to this Yang
Wei Pin called at the Custom House
and requested the same courtesy; the
exception from examination of Yang
rsung Cheng's baggage saying that
nothing was contained therein except
personal effects, wearing apparel and
stationary for the consulate When
Yang Cheng reached Honolulu, he
'ound that he could not land, as case
II smallpox had developed on board
he Doric and all passengers at Homo
ulu as we'll as all the baggage were
placed in quarantine. The passengers