The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-05
ALLEGED OPIUM
CONSPIRACY
COLLECTOR sTRATTON HAS BEEN
ORDERED TO IN
VESTIGATE.
THE CHINESE CONSUL SAID TO
BE INVOLVED.
The Twenty-One Trunks That Came In
Under Consular Courtesy Said To
Have Been Filled With Opium.

Have Been Filled with Opium.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-Collec-
tor of the Port StTatton has been or
dered by the Treasury Department TO
investigate the alleged opium Snug
Cling scandals in Honolulu and make a
report on it.
The story goes that Young Tsang
| Cheung, a consular agent, was permit
ted by Collector Stackable of Honolulu
/ to land his twenty-One trunks on the
/ supposition that he was a member of
! the consulate there, but it is alleged
! that the trunks were filed with opium.
! Collector Stackable lays the blame on
the quarantine officer who disinfected
| the baggage. He should have reported
| the presence of the drug to the Collec-
! tor.
Advices from Honolulu say that these
| charges against Young Tsang Cheung
are in the line of a systematic attack
which is being made upon him by the
! Bow Wong Wui or reform" faction of
! the Chinese in Hawaii. Young Tsang
| Cheung represents the conservative eie-
| ment of his Countrymen, and since his
appointment the Bow Wong Wui has
worked assiduously to bring him and
his faction into disrepute. 1t notified
| the State Department, and Collector of
ordered to investigate the scandal ana
, report his findings.
Collector of the Port Stratton has
been asked by the Secretary of State to
proceed to Washington for consultation
| on matters pertaining to the admins
tration of his office on this coast Mr..
Stratton will probably leave here for
| the national capitol some time in Sep
tember
The principal topic to be discussed
will be the carrying out of the exclu-
sion act and the adoption of rules and
regulations to make the service most
effective. The contemplated changes
in the working force OF the office and
proposed appointments will also be con-
sidered at the conference. Special Col
lector Hamilton will act as Collector
during Mr.. Stratton's absence, which
will probably extend over two or three
weeks.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-The
News that charges of smuggling opium
into Hawaii have been preferred
against Yang Wei Pin Chinese Con-
sui at Honolulu, has created excite
ment among the local Chinese. The
charges are the elimination of a bit
ter feud between the consul and the
working class of Chinese in Hawaii,
which has already resulted in several
deaths, and which dates back to the
time of the seizure of the throne of
China by the Empress Dowager.
When Leung Chi-tso, the brilliant
, young member of the Emperor's Cabi-
, net, was saved from the vengeance of
the Empress in the coup d'etat by the
, interposition of Marquis Ito of Japan,
he fled to Hawaii and there began a
propaganda against the Empress. He
! organized the Bow Wong Wun, or En-
! DpotaptiNr, nd
= with reform as his battle-cry enrolled
( fve-sixths of the entire Chinese pOpu-
lation of Hawaii. All were pledged to
work, and If necessary fight, for the
restoration of Kwang- -Hsu, and for the
broadening of individual rights in Chi
ma. Consul Yang Wei Ping denounced
the Bow Wong Wun as a hghbinder
association and prevented it's obtaining
a charter until after annexation. He
and Vice-COnsul Goo Kim Fui waged
a strong fight against Leung Chi-tsO
and his society. Ii Hung Chang had
set a price of $65000 on the head of
: Leung and in Hawaii he was guarded
night and day by a half dozen devoted
; attendants.
Yang Wei Ping and Goo Kim Fui ac-
I cused the Bow Wong Wui members OF
trying to assassinate them, and the
i consul's house was guarded for many
. days and nights. Later the consul was
, accused of sending to the Chinese Gov
ernment the names of the members OF
, the Wui that their relatives might be
punished in the Oriental way. Many OF
these relatives were imprisoned and 9
number beheaded. The consul admit.
ted that he had sent a list of the mem.
bers, and said it was his duty to do so
= as the Wui was cOnspiring against the
n Empress.
= Ever since then the Bow Wongs hav,
e sought the undoing Of Yang Wei Pin
and have employed the time and tai
ents of some of them in maintaining
q strict watch over the doings. of thei
q enemy. This watch has eliminated il
i the charges that the consul has SNUG
gled many thousands of tins of opium
: into Hawaii under cover of his consu
lar privilege to bring in articles for hi
personal use free of duty and withou
examination. An investigation ha
been begun and the Chinese of Hawai-
and of San Francisco are rejoicing ii
what they hope is the undoing Of thei
enemy. The Bow Wong Wui has thou
sands of adherents in California. Con
sui Yang Wei Pin is under Minfste
WI Ting Fang, and is said to be con
nected with his family. He is a youn
man, very handsome, and speaks n
English He lives in considerable styl
a in fine house in Honolulu, and /
much more exclusive than Ho Vow, tn
n consul here, whose great friend he is
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