The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-02


enough to allow me space in your val
liable columns in reply to an article
appearing on page five of your issue
of 9th inst, under the heading Of
"The Bow Wong Society in Defence OF
it's Cause" supposed to be written and
signed by the members of the Bow
Wong Society. AS I was the person
who furnished the news to an article
appearing in your issue of the 18th
inst, now take pleasure IN replying
this question as follows:
need not discuss in details as to
how great and grand the business of
their paper may be. In comparison
with the other two papers of this city,
we all we'll know that their paper is
the youngest of the three and its sub
scribers are merely sympathizers or
members of the Bow Wongs and it is
no more than the ESQ ca1led) Bow
Wong organ.
With regard to their asking me the
names of the officers of our newly
organized society, presume the name
less editor of the Bow Wong paper has
just arrived from New York on the
very day he wrote the article, as their
names are found in the other two pa
pers with ease. He, (the nameless edi-
tori did not seem to have any notion
of what was going on among the Chi
nese people in this city. I presume
by merchants Association they
meant the Nun Sung Shea. It's literal
translation means the Peoples Lives
Association, irrespective to their
ranks, classes, or occupations. Its OBJ
ject is to disseminate and instil cor
rect and noble ideals into the Chi
nese mind, to divert their mind from
the erroneous doctrines and teachings
of the Bow Wongs of this city and
elsewhere, to suppress any outrageous
actions done to their fellow country
men and to restore to a normal condt-
ton the injuries of the people that
have been done by the Bow Wongs'
nameless editor who has just arrived
from New York.
The word Bow Wong Wui'' means
1.-THE Emperor's Protectors Associa-
tion,'' which is an association organ
lied with full intention for revolution
airy purposes in this Territory in the
latter part of the year 1899; the leader
of which was Liang Chi Chao, the
self-styled Vice Privy Councillor and
Adviser to the present Emperor of
China and who is really now an exile
and fugitive in Japan. He shook on
the dust of Hawaii and took away, as
it is reported, over seventy thousand
pure American dollars unaccounted
for, under the pretense of buying am
munitions and arms to restore the
present ruling Emperor to the throne.
under instructions of his accomplice
Kang Yu Wei, who claimed that he
had received a secret edict direct from
the Emperor requesting the people in
foreign countries to render him pro-
lection.
Mr.. Editor, allow me to ask the Bow
Wongs, where is the edict? Can they
produce and show it as bona fide
evidence to their claim as Bow Wongs?
am positively sure that LANG Chi
Chao, their leader, did join as a men,
Der of a certain Revolutionary So
ciety'' of this city during his temper
airy sojourn here, on the Saturday
evening of the 31st day of March 1900.
Some Of the right hand men Of the
Bow Wong Association are UP to this
present date active and leading men,
bers of certain Revolutionary societies.
1t is indeed contrary to the golden
rule, that no man can serve two mas
tiers well at the same time, that is to
say. he cannot be Bow Wong and be
at the same time a member of a Rev.
dictionary society.
If the Bow Wongs were bona fide
members of the Emperor's Protectors
Association, why did Emperor Kuang
Hsu issue an edict in 1900. offering a
large reward for the heads of Kang
Yu Wei and LANG Chi Chao? Why
did he declare that they were worse
than the Taiping-rebels' leaders?
Alas, the Bow Wongs' sages are now
exiles for life!
I am sorry for poor Tang Tsai Chang
the <'igurehead' Of Kang and LANG
who was decapitated in Hankow some
time after the failure Of Hangs revo-
lutionary movement at Picking.
In reply to that part. where they re-
ferred to the jealousy of the Bow
Wongs against the Merchant Associa-
tion," or the Peoples Lives Associa-
ton, I wish to say that 7 have in my
possession the true and correct trans
lation Of that libelous article against
certain zee as an assistant treasurer
of the Kak Ming faction revolution
airy Association), but will withhold it
for the present, as the matter is now
being investigated by the Chinese Of |
fcials.
1t was the very same members Of |
the Bow Wong Society who persisted |
to keep the boycott fund and refused |
to return the same to various SUBJ |
scribers, who disapproved their ac-
lions and thereupon made an assault |
on the Treasurer of the Boycott Union, |
who. instead Of arresting the wrong
doors, caused the arrest of the presi-
dent and secretary of the Nun Sung |
Sea peoples Lives Association) whose |
cases are still in litigation.
Furthermore they are the very party /
of men who have caused all the trouble