The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-01
REACHING
FOR Cash
Chinese Troubles
Due to the
Surplus.
UNITED SOCIETY
MAY BE SETTLED
Meeting VIII Be Held Today to
Decide Upon Basis for An
Agreement.

| Chinatown is hoping that it's troubles
may be kept out of the courts. To try
and effect this result there will be held
today conferences which may bring
about a settlement of the differences
between the two factions. The preIim-
mary steps were taken yesterday, when
Wong Kwai, the president of the Unit
ed Society. elected by the ConsuTs
forces, met and talked with Wong
Chow, one of the members of the All
administration. and from this sprung
the move for a later and fuller con-
ference with the Consul.
| AS the difference develops there ap-
pears to be a desire on the part of
every one to avert what will be a war
to the disruption of the whole of Chi
natown. 1t has been said, and is be-
| lieved by many Of the best known men
in the district, that if once there are
any legal proceedings, and the men of
either side are hailed into court, then
the old friendships will be broken. all
the Chinese residents will have to take
sides, and while no one will even ad-
nit the possibility of further war, the
history of such troubles elsewhere has
been that the Ratchet is not far off
when business men find their trade in
jured and their customers taken away.
There are always little things which
lead to the big ones.
The United Society affairs have drop
ped out Of sight for the time being, and
the $4,000 is admitted to be the bone
of contention. Both factions realize
that there is so little in the matter
of the society where nv int
ton of the men at the head of affairs
in either administration is to do all
that is possible for the Chinese people, !
that if the money was not in evidence
there would be nothing to make the !
fight worth carrying on. 1t is under
stood that there will be submitted to !
the consul today the basis upon which I
the Al supporters will agree to a COM |
promise.
They will insist that the cash in the |!
relief fund shall be invested for the |
benefit of Honolulu Chinese. They will /
agree to the selection of fifteen men,
to be drawn from the old and respon- |
sible business men of the city. who |
shall be trustees for the investment |
Whatever returns there are gained /
shall be divided into two equal parts. |
one for the hospital and the other for |
general relief. the same to be distrib- |
uted through the United Society
Should this proposal be agreeable to |
Yang Wei Pin, and it is said that at |
one time he said he would agree, but !
his mind next day, then the |
present rulers of the society, by virtue |
Of possession, will be ready to make |
any settlement, even to resigning and |
giving the ConsuPS men the control
of the society. There has been pre-
pared a foundation for a building on
King street which could be erected for
1880. and it was for that purpose that
the money was wanted, from which a
steady revenue could be had. The men
IN the reform administration want the
hospital taken care of. as it assists
The local Chinese. There is now not |
more than $1,000 in the treasury of the
hospital, and something must be DONE |
Wong Kwai is quoted as having said
recently that if the colony is to be
ragged into courts. there will be great
rouble. According to one authority
his would mean that the Chinese hos
,ital would be reduced, the Chinese
chool, which was fostered by Wong
<wai, would be closed, and the colony
ivtded by a distinct line across which
10 one of the factions would go This
you'd mean much trouble to business.
nd the merchants are anxious to avoid ! 4
his result