The San Francisco call., 1903-09-26


A@price Of 15O000 yen, payable in gold
to any person who is willing to de-
liver the same at the gates of the Peking
palace, IS a guest of the local members
Of his widely spreading association. With
a greeting that any American agitator
might well have been proud of, the noted
reformer was welcomed into the city yes
terday by his Mongolian followers and
during the afternoon and evening he was
accorded a series of ovations, the like of
which has never been witnessed in the
Chinese quarter.
Leong Kai Chen arrived on the early
morning train from Seattle, where he has
been devoting several weeks among the
Chinese there eXpounding the principles
of his organization and eXhorting them to
join in the movement which has as its ul-
innate end the dethroning of the Dow
: ager Empress of China, to be followed by
the restoration of the young Emperor and
a more liberal government, in which the
ordinary people of the empire may have
a say in the direction Of political affairs.
Elaborate preparations had been made
for his coming and a delegation from the
local society went over to the Sixteenth
street station to meet their distinguished
leader and escort him to this city, where
a band of music and 100 or more followers
awaited him at the ferry.
HAILED AS THEIR CHIEF.
The advent Of the reformer was attend
/ ed by scene entirely new and strange
I to Chinese customs in that the band her
aided his coming by playing Hail to the
/ Chief and after the visitor and his es-
| cort had been comfortably seated in car
! riages a procession was formed and the
march began up Market street to Mont
| gomery and thence to the Occidental Ho-
/ tel, where a stop was made long enough
I TO permit Leong Kai Chen and his secre-
| tary, Pow Chez, to enter the hostelry and
! introduce themselves to the management,
under whose protection they will rest
/ during their stay of a fortnight in San
/ Francisco
! From there the procession continued on
! its way to Chinatown, where great
| throng awaited the visitor and gave him
a greeting that plainly suggested to the
reformers that their fellow countrymen
are rapidly conforming to the Anglo
| Saxon methods Of hospitality. The band
of fifteen pieces, which preceded the pro-
! cession through the principal streets of
! Chinatown, contributed music almost con-
! tinuously rendering popular and familiar
airs, such as "Hiawatha," "Anona" and a
! few less dignified pieces that the Ameri-
! can parader enjoys. Only one thing nee
| essary to make the reception fully UP to
| date was the noticeably lacking demon
strations of enthusiasm which the Chi
nese seemingly at no time are ready to
/ outwardly show.
STRENUOUS DAY FOR CHEN.
While thousands of Mongolians crowded
! the narrow thoroughfares through which
the procession meandered, the onlookers
| remained remarkably stolid as their Zero
/ passed in review The parade finally ter
minated at the headquarters of the re-
/ form association on Stockton street be-
| tween Jackson and Washington, where a
reception more in keeping with the dig
! nifty of Leong Kai Chen followed There
was handclapping and handshaking with
speeches of welcome, to which the re-
! former responded in a cheerful manner
This function over the members of the
| association escorted their guest to the
| Yung Fong teahouse, where a light repast
was provided, and then Leong Kai Chen
| and his secretary repaired to their apart
ments at the Occidental to prepare for an
| elaborate banquet in the evening at the
! Jackson-street restaurant. The reform
! er's first day in San Francisco was GER
| +ainly a strenuous one. He was kept on
the move for nearly fourteen hours, a te-
dious ordeal for any man. considering
| that he had just finished a long overland
trip when the local receptions began.
GUARDED BY OFFICERS.
During the entire day Leong KaI Chen
| and his secretary were carefully guarded
| by Detectives George Gibson and George
| McMann, who were detailed at the re-
quest of the local reform society, whose
members feared that some agent of the
| Chinese Government might attempt as
| sassination. Chen, however scoffed at
| the arrangements for his protection, re-
marking that he had travelled through
many thickly settled portions of China
without fear of treachery and without
even being extended the courtesy of a