The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
TRIES IN Vain
To Be EXCLUDED
L. X. Kentwell, a Honolulu
Chinese, Wants Immig1a-
ton Officials to Insult Him
is NOT Accommodated
Russian Navy Officer and
Cars Consul at Chefu
Passengers on the China

II China is not exactly awake there is
little doubt that she is getting decidedly
restless In addition TO the boycott she
Is gradually acquiring in Washington a
lobby composed Of the brightest and most
diplomatic OF her people With some
member OF this lobby every member OF
Congress viii have made the acquaint-
ance before the new session is very old,
and when the national lawmakers take
up the subject Of Chinese exclusion they
win know a good deal OF China's side Of
the case. I. X Kentwell. who arrived
here yesterday from Honolulu on the liner
China. win be the latest addition to the
Chinese lobby at the national Capitol.
Kentweu is only part Chinese. but, un-
der the exclusion act, might just as well
be q slant-eyed, pig-tailed Mongolian, as
far as that barrier applies, for IL in
eludes every person with Chinese blood in
his or her veins.
KentweIl thinks the Honolulu Chinese
had quite & little to do with suggesting
the boycott as q means OF securing a
more liberal treaty between China and
the United States. Many of them are,
like himself. only part Chinese. They con-
slider themselves Americans. and object
&C being treated as If they were not.
EXPECTS TO BE HELD UP.
henNWeH expected TO De nelQ up Dg the
Chinese bureau officials here, and from
that detention TO provide himself with an
illustration for the arguments with which
he hopes 10 impress Senators and Con-
eressmen in Washington, whittier he is
going TO Join the Chinese ant-exclusion
lobby. He had prepared himself, at an
expense OF $40, he says with all the pa
pers required by the exclusion act for
Chinese coming into the United States.
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an officer of the United States army. was
cnee held up here. and Kentwell hoped
&C be treated IN like manner.
He walked the decks Of the China, wait
ing snxiously for some Chinese bureau
official to treat him with discourteSy. He
wanted TO be insulted. He would have
welcomed en- assignment for the night
TO the meanest bunk in the detention
shed, and would have greeted as brother
the Government official who asked him
personal and huniliadng questions. He
went as far as TO ask people TO call the
attention of the Chinese bureau officials
10 the fact that he, L. K. Kentwell, was
nearly as much a Chinese as All Sing in
the steerage.
Kentwell was sorely disappointed when
he was allowed 70 walk ashore without
even meeting the Chinese bureau officials.
He was treated exactly the same as any
other cabin passenger and he will go TO
Washington minus what was to have
been his strongest argument
GOING TO ST. PETERSBURG.
Lieutenant S. Petrow of the Russian
navy, formerly executive officer OF the
torpedo-boat Ryeshitelni, arrived from
the Orient yesterday on the China in
company with Alexander Gorovtzeff, Rus
sian vice consul at Chefu. They are
both on their way to ST. Petersburg.
-
trips between Port Arthur and Chefu
with dispatches. She had several mar
row escapes from the vigilant enemy and
at last gave up the perilous work and
was interned at Chefu. While she
vas at Chefu, unarmed, she was
boarded by Commander Terashima Of the
Japanese navy and body OF little brown
bluejackets- Terashima hauled down the
Russian flag and hoisted the ensign OF
the island kingdom. Unarmed as they
were the Russian officers and men threw
themselves on the japanese and terrific
fight ensued- The Russians fought with
fists, feet and Delaying pins, but finally
were compelled to surrender to their
armed foes. During the scrimmage Lieu
tenant Petrow received q serious wound
in the breast He was made a prisoner
and is now at liberty on parole
The capture of the unarmed torpedo
boat IN neutral port says Lieutenant
Petrow, was q violation of international
law OF which the japanese are so
ashamed, he declares. that they have
kept hidden to this day the identity Of
the vessel from which Commander Terra
ehima and the boarding party We're sent
tnte Chefu.
Neither Petrow nor Gorovtzen will dis
cusg the peace negotiations. Of which
they know nothing except what they may
have read IN the papers. Goreytzen Is
said 70 have been of considerable SER
vice 20 some of the war correspondents,
particularly those on French papers, in
helping them to get news from Port
Arthur during the siege.