The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
lunrter 10 rnI,n money.

quarter to raise money
i don't belong TO either faction, 40 no
one can suspect me. he told tho merchants
THE bad Chinese killed him and tho good
Chinese ought TO bury him. In two hours
he had raised 5000 and Baldwin had a fine
funeral. They have tho rcc'iptol bills At
headquarters TO prove e.
The Chinese Empire Reform Association
protests officially against the idea that they
arc revoluuonists. Any dynasty Tartar
Mongol or Ming is good enough for them
30 long a. China learns that her salvation
lies in adopting the best In European inn
provements and modes Of thought. just
now they are making special efforts 70 ralss
money for a university at Canton. the
native province OF IS per cent Of the Anerl-
can Chinese.
Il IL harder 10 say anything Of the Chinese
Masons. Their charter. say the American
Freemasons, was obtained from a clan
destine source. Their ways are dark and
hidden, and they are popular usither with
the tough tong men nor with the reformers.
Once or twice they have put a reform
lecturer on the road. They are almost
certainly an oIshoot Of that ancient Triad
society Of China from which Sprang both
tongs.
The Chung Wah Gung Shaw, the Chinese
court Is the high justice. the middle and
low Of the triangle. For American Justice
whose rules and logic are not theirs, the
Chinese all have more or less contempt
They use IL sometimes for tool, as the tOngs
are using IL now; but a straight appeal
made in good faith is as rare as a blue
moon.
All serious dsputes>over property and
even crimes against property, come before
this tribunal. It's members are rich mer.
chants, and its president is changed every
year. The court meets at 10 Mott street.
and its operations are shrouded in con.
siderable mystery.
II is a curious co,'rt. It has no legal
sanction Of any kind, either from China
OF the United States. II has not even the
formal consent Of the governed. There
Is no regular way Of enforcing its DEGREES
Yet two considerations make the Chinese
obey its rulings, In the first place. the rebel
Is likely 10 he turned over to private ven
geance. with the understanding that the
avenger will not be punished in the second
place disobedienoe would mean a pretty
general boycott against the offender.
Even the Imperial Consul General rec.
ognizes this court and takes part now and
then in its deliberations.
Sometimes a situation gets too large
and involved for the Chung Wah Cling
Shaw. The existing tong war for eK-
ample, is clear beyond them They have
tried several times to call it on, In the in
terests Of Chinatown's prosperity, hut
the tongs are strong enough TO dare dis
obey.
Unless a Chlnaman has a certain amount
Of association with the whites. it is a rather
barren and lonely life that he leads in New
York. And il II doubtful il any Chinaman
really enjoys European associates a great
deal. The Oriental mind works in its own
way, and the adjustment necessary for con-
verse with a foreigner is something Of a
strain.
When the laundryman's work il done,
he drifts into Chinatown by habit OF associa-
ton. There. barring a game Of ple-gow, a
whirl at the gambling tables OF more ques-
tionabe vice, he has little TO amuse him
He may, II he Is Of that faction, chat with
his friends in the reform association, he
may 20 70 the theater. or he may drop into a
restaurant for a social meal and game OF
'one-two' afterward. II he Is a conserva-
tive, hanging to the old religion, he is likely