Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

the invoking ofs raid or threat OF raid on
gambling house other unlawful bust
ness, are the principal means employed for
the raising of money.
A cardinal principle of all these Chinese
tongs is "a life for life" This maxim
they I've up TO with assiduity and vim
dictiveness which Is not excelled by any
Sicilian or Calabresi. In this manner feuds
run on for an unlimited length Of time, and
X Is not unlikely that the wholesale shoot
ing In the Chinese theater in Doyers street
and the late episode of rs pell street are
the outgrowths Of some society" difference
which had Its origin hundreds OF years ago
In some Chinese province and has been
handed down through generations.
When apprehended by the authorities the
unfaIling refuge of this class OF Chinaman
Is an alibi. and as he has regard for the
Christian form OF oath. he VIII swear that
black is white or any other thing that may
be required to save himself or his col
leagues from conviction through the
agency of his enemies. II there are ten
men of hostile tong who saw Lop
Chong kin Chow Chop Suey with cleaver
at the entrance to an alley, there VIII De
eleven men OF his own tong" on the other
hand who will swear with equal POSITIVE
ness that at the time the murder was COM
mitted Lon Chong was engaged In playing
a quiet friendly game OF cards In the res
taurant of HON Dong, six loag BLOCKS
away.
order to throw the burden Of suspicion for
every crime upon some member OF the rival
society. If q murder is done half dozen
witnesses will spring up to accuse some one
In the other tong OF having done II IN
this wise they have Cancelled many an oia
score. and without doubt many emma
man has thus been sent to the gallows SIM
ply as an easy method OF revenge. VINO
otherwise would have had to be shot or cut
In pieces since they had him on the list 10
be killed They don't care how they get a
man, If they only get him
. An extraordinary trait of these celestials,
and one which many people have been at a
loss to understand. is that while they VIII
untlfnchingly face cold steel or guns in the
hands OF their own countrymen. a resolute
white man can kick them all over the
streets of Chinatown almost without show
of resistance. The San Francisco police
have no hesitation in rough-houslng CHI
nese gambling den. single-handed or per-
haps in pairs. taking away the weapons OF
the fan-tan players and booting the whole
company down the stairs into the street.
Two abale-bodied bluecoats could go into
joss house with short axes and chop the
place TO pieces, and fifty Cinnamon stand
ing by would probably never raise their
hands.
The reason is very simple, and only goes
TO demonstrate the aDsOlule snreWuuess vi
from experience and observation that so
long as they CONNIE their killing to one an
other nothing ever comes of 1t, and they
are equally aware that the moment they
take to killing white men the whole concern
will be wiped out in short order.
The Chinaman, with his active fntelN-
gence. is natural born politician, as well
as an able money maker. Political influence
serves for them many purposes: II enables
them to fix the police in many minor mat
tiers, and to influence to their own advan-
tage the laws governing gambling and
other practices. They are lavish spend
ers of money for any object which in their
| Judgment warrants 1t, and are always
ready to bride, for instance, federal agent.
| in order to get their people into the coun-
| try In spite of the exclusion laws. This is
especially useful in the importation of car
goes of young women for vicious purposes.
There are a great many millions of de-
cent Cinnamon in the world, and, like the
millions Of decent Italians. they suffer in
reputation for the sins of the offscourings
of their race.