The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-04

rfirfHe fitIffua who aa representa-.
titts Uf thc CONSUL nf that tnHrr wurE-
cd hnrd to secure the pfuu.f praseuth-
t.nu ~ tho claims nf thr chinese fur
LOSSES during thD sanitary fires of two
Neurs Hro. have decided upon another
tack fur th,lr efforts
Al chinese have been appealed Co 10
meet With the three commissioners
who sign tho subjoined poster. which
was posted freely about the city yes
to-day. f'r the purpose ~ nfiiNing their
names To- q monster petition for pres
entation t0 the new Foreign Office Of
the Kingdom Of China. asking diplo-
matte action TO secure aid FOR the SUI
f,rer-. who now need that money. and
who very soon, IL Is believed. viii have
a certificate OF the findings of the first
claim court, showing their title to the
sum adjudged due.
The circumstances surrounding the
new move have not been without their
semi-sensational features, as there Is
nothing done i'm the Chinese comInuni-
tN these days which does not mean
that there will be two interpretations
given to the deliverance or act. the
first feature was the application Of the
three for the use of the hall OF the Chi
nese Society. This was made first or
ally. and then when "A letter was re-
questcd, the letter went to c. X. Aki
Ia his personal capacity, as the signing
of n letter addressed to him as Presi
dent of the society would compromise
the claim of the adherents of the con-
sui. that he is not the president. In
consequence of this unofficial use of his
name the request was denied, and the
next step was the securing from Chu
Gem of the privilege of using the See
Yup hail, as Is stated i'm the poster
But even since that grant, II is charg-
ed that Bow Wongs have induced the
latter society to withdraw its permis-
| sion, which means that another place
must be secured.
| The reason for this seeming refusal
| on the part of the anti-consul men to
act in a matter which has for its end
| the relief of the Chinese people, is al
| legged to be the belief that there must
/ be something which does not appear on
| the surface. For instance, one of the
ants said yesterday that in his opinion
| there is nothing in the matter but the
desire Of the consul to have on record
| al 1.-The Chinese in the city, as the
| petition is declared to be not for sigma
! ture alone by the losers, so that II
| there should come war he would
T know just who to prescribe in China.
| Others do not believe in the disinter-
| estedness of the petition, but profess to
be Of opinion that with such petition,
! based on the grounds set forth in the
poster the Chinese government might
! bring pressure to bear on the United
I States government to secure it's grant
| ing and then the money once in the
| hands of the Chinese officials, they
| Would hold ii for an indefinite time and
| the result would be that the Chinese
| here would be worse off than in the
| first place. The poster which was is
sued in great numbers is as follows:
Notice is hereby given, that, where
as the Board of Health in taking ac-
ton to suppress the bubonic plague
started fires which led to the destruc-
ton of great deal of the property of
certain Chinese, which is now matter
of more than two years; and as there
| was formed q court of claims, to which