The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-26
MANS HEAD
IS IN PERIL

'''if community mas happenings
which periodically stir II to a state of
excitement and inherent. Local China
town Il no exception to the rule.
Last year the great event lay in the
circumstances attending the disposal
OF the boycott fund Feeling in the
matter ran so high that at times
tong war was well within the range
OF probabilities.
Today Honolulu's Chinatown is
stirred up over the affairs OF one Yee
Bling who left for China by the last
Mongolia and who. together with his
relatives at home, is in danger Of sum-
mary and total extinction. once an ar
ticle printed in local vernacular
sheet. accusing Yee Bing, of visiting
HIS country on rebellous mission,
reaches the eyes OF the government at
Picking.
Yee Bling, with number OF other
young men. withdrew from member
ship with the Bow Wong Society on
account of the alleged grating and
thugglsh methods of said society. They
formed new society called the Chi
nese Merchants Association, which
grew and prospered. OF this society
Yee Bing was elected treasurer.
Business interests called Yee Bing
to China and, as stated. he departed
recently.
The Bow Wongs are extremely jeal-
Gus OF the Merchants Association and
bear 1t no good will. Their organ is
the Sun Chung Kwock 30.
No sooner had Yee Bling left than
a scurrilous article appeared in the
no no I'm
was a dangerous man and an anar-
chist, that he was going to China to
foment uprising and that he carried
with him a large sum of money en-
trusted to him by a revolutionary as
ISOLATION of which he was treasurer.
to be used In furthering the society's
rebellious cause.
AS soon as Yee's friends read the
article they decided that IL they want
ed him to remain in the land of the
living they would have to be UP and
doing. The defamatory article In a
viceroy's hands would mean a highly
unpleasant time for zee Bing and his
people.
Wo Sing, the well-known grocer, and
a cousin OF the departed zee, started
the ball rolling by calling a meeting
of his society, the Chung Shin tong,
two weeks ago. AT this meeting a
committee was appointed to request
retraction from the editor of the Sun
Chung Kwock Bo and to state that
failing to receive such retraction, suit
for libel would be brought.
The editor promised to retract and
apologize, but nothing to that effect
appeared in his paper.
Then 1t was decided to hold a meet
ing OF the United Chinese Societies.
1t appears that the Chinese minister
at Washington has decreed that all
matters referred to him from Homo
lulu must be brought to his attention
through the medium OF the consul,
waited upon by the United Societies.
The meeting of the United Societies
took place last week and the hall was
packed with zee .Blngs sympathizers.
Although the offending editor had
been invited to be present and state
his side of the case, he failed to put
In an appearance.
The meeting resulted in the appoint
ment of a committee of five who were
instructed to confer with the editor
and manager of the sun Chung Kwock
30 and ask them to publish a state
ment contradictory of the zone malign-
ing Yee Bing.
Should the editor and manager re-
fuse to comply with this request, the
matter will be brought to the atten-
ton of the Chinese consul, who will
In turn communicate with the min
lister at Washington, who will get In
touch with the viceroy of Yee Bing's
province in time, 1t Is hoped, to save
Yee's head and the heads of the men,
bers of Yee's family.
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have been given him. He did not
criticize the present asylum staff, but
deemed three heads better than one.
Senate Bill 6s was sent down from
the Senate and carried through the
first reading.
GOVERNOR IS MESSAGE.
Shortly after the House had been
called to order Speaker Holstein an
nounced that House Bill would be-
come law at 1920 o'clock unless the
Governor was heard from, the bill hav
ing been in his hands ten days by that
hour. With good half hour to spare,
however, the Governors veto was sent
down.
The veto is based on the grounds
that the title of the bill was the estab-
lishment of hospital at North Ko-
hala. but the bill itself created a poor
house. The bill carried no appropria-
tion and would leave the Board of
Health in an awkward position if no
appropriation be made. The number
of appropriations now being considered
would not allow of such an appropria-
ton, as the finances OF the Territory
would not stand it.
Hughes thought that IL the salaries
of everybody could DO raised the Ter
ritory could take care of its poor.
Rawlins reminded the House that he
had told them 80 and predicted the
same fate for the Kalihi receiving
hospital bill, which likewise carries no
appropriation.
Further consideration was delayed
.,util Aouduu