The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-21

Lo Sun. whose arrest as a person
illegally in the country has excited a
great deal of attention. not only among
the Chinese but among the community
generally. appeared before Commits
sioner Hatch yesterday for a hearing
and was on the stand all day. Under
examination by U. S. District Attorney
Breckons, Lo Sun related the circum-
stances of his coming to Hawaii from
Japan and admitted that he was no
longer engaged as teacher here nor
had any position as a teacher in view.
He stated that he had property in
China valued at $1,000 and from which
he obtained an income of $500 Mex. a
year. Before coming here he had been
a student in Japan
The documents in the case were sub
mitted. The following is a translation
of the letter sent him, acting upon
which he migrated to Honolulu. From
this letter the prosecution are offering
TO prove that the letter was not suf-
ficient warrant for Lo Sun coming
here as a teacher, nor sufficient su-
thority for him to represent himself
as teacher and in the exempted class
at the immigration office. The letter
was:
Mr.. Lo Sun.
Dear Sir: We are living in the Is
land OF Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. for
many years. Now the Chinese mer-
chants and laborers who having had
Ak.s-
children are going TO the English
school only. none of the Chinese school
for the children to learn their own
language at all. so we think that the
Chinese children should be known their
own language and understand to read
the Chinese history and to write the
Chinese language, and then that they
shall believe their own country and we
know that the Chinese children who
were going to the college and educated
therefrom and not one of the ten be
able to read the Chinese language, and
SO that they think, of the foreign in
stead of loving their own country. In
this circumstance that we are very
anxious to get together and to form
school and look for a teacher to teach
the Chinese language and for the bene-
fit of our Chinese children. Now We
heard that you are well educated in
Toxic, Japan, and We are very glad
to have you come. We write you this
letter in asking your kindness to come
TO Honolulu for the position as a
teacher.
Hoping that you will be ready to
come il this letter is received.
s.YOurs trlIly
''E. W. Thwing, Supt- of Chinese Work
in Hawaii; Dow Wal Sing, Ching
Wal Nam, l. Akau. Ching Lang
Sing. Chang Kim, zap Kwai Fong.
Hoo Fon, C. NJ Tai, Goo Wan Hoy,
Lee Tow Ma
The letter sent by Mr.. Thwing to r
c. Brown. the immigration Inspector,
upon which are based the charges that
the information leading to the teacher
editors arrest was supplied by him,
contains the following paragraph:
Since coming here. unfortunately,
he has not proved a success as a teach
er, and Mr.. Merrill tells me he is I'M
fitted or unwilling to do good work.
So Mr.. Merrill cannot further use him
in the school. We will have to send
10 China for better teacher. I write
you now as 1 cannot be longer respon-
sible for him as a teacher here
Mr.. Thwing signs this as the Su-
perintendent, Chinese Missions, Ha-
waiian Board.
This letter was forwarded to Breck-
ons by Mr.. Brown, who says also in
his accompanying letter:
Information comes to me, in addi-
ton to this letter, that Mr. Lo Sun
is now and has been to a greater or
less extent since arrival an editor on
one of the local Chinese newspapers.
Inasmuch as an editor is not consid-
cred of class exmpted under the Chi
nese Exclusion Act, 1 beg to refer his
case to you for such action as in your
opinion the matter requires
In his testimony, LO Sun stated that
he had only contributed some eight or
nine articles to his paper in January
and had not been paid much for them.
He does his writing in his own room
and has not desk in the newspaper
office.
". W. Thayer is conducting 10
Suns defense. r. W. Breckons for the
prosecution.
HABEAS CORPUS IN CHAMBERS.
Judge Dole, in Chambers. heard the
return made by the Attorney Generals
Department, through the Deputy At
torney General, w. n. Whitney, act
ing for High Sheriff HeQry, in the
habeas corpus proceedings brought in
behalf of George Henry Wade, the
man convicted of murder several years
ago aboard the S. S. Australia c. C.
Biting was present on behalf of tha
petitioner.
After the reading of the return, Bit
ting asked for an order discharging
the petitioner, basing this on article 3
of the return. This article stated that
a further cause for holding the petit
toner in custody is a certain mittimus
issued from the First Circuit Court.
This motion was argued at length,
Judge Dole expressing the opinion that
a very fine point of law was involved.
As a climax to the argument, the
Deputy Attorney General asked leave
to file substitution return to the
petition, which leave was granted.
Biting stated that ne would file a
traverse to the substitution return on
Upon order of the court, a minute
order was made committing the petf-