The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-30
CONSUL REFUSES
TO ANSWER THEM

owing TO the fact that the consul is
reported as having declared officially
to the Picking government that ninety
per cent of the Chinese people here are
revolutiouaries and enemies of the pea
cock throne
Fear the Mailed Fist.
The relations between the consul and
the Chinese people are daily becoming
more and more strained, as each sue.
ceeding mail from China brings back re.
ports of additional charges which the
consul has made against the people here,
until they have come to regard him,
not as their consul, acting for them
with their home government, but as one
spying upon them and reporting only as
to whether or not they have revolution.
airy tendencies. Not that the classified
ton of them as revolutionaries hurts
the local people. but their relatives in
China are selected for vengeance, for
when the official hand of China falls
upon their hapless relations it is with
the mailed fist. and death may be the
result of an official visitation.
Drew on Imagination.
At the meeting Wednesday night
copy of report alleged to have been
sent to China by Consul Liang was read
1t came back from China and has been
printed in one of the local Chinese
newspapers. In this report Consul
LANG is alleged to have become a mar.
rator of stories not based on facts. but
on imagination. The report, as read,
stated that the consul had prevented
an attempt on the life of Prince Hsun
when that dignitary' passed through
here few monhs ago. The consul
stated, so the report went on, that. due
TO the vviglance of one of the guards
he had employed a Chinaman named
Lum Wun had been caught in an at
tempt to get near the person of the
prince, and that upon Lum Wun had
been found an iron bar and a revolver,
or some weapon of attack. Lum Wun
had been disarmed and the attempt on
the prince S life nipped.
The local Chinese laugh at the story
and state there is absolutely no truth
in it, and that the consul is detailing
such story to gain favor with the
officials.
American Citizenship Menaced.
The society also discussed another
phase of the consul's report. That re
lated to the consul's alleged recon
mendation that Chinese who are Ameri
can citizens be denied the usual rights
of subjects of the Emperor of China
should they go there from Hawaii. un
less they have been properly certifi
Gated by the local consul as all right
which designation means that they arr
not revolutionists This has aroused
the ire of the progressive Chinese o
the city, adding more converts to tn
cause against the consul.
Mcbride Took Pen in Hand.
The consul replied within the twenty
four hours, The consul did not write
but had his attorney, Claudius Mcbride
draft the letter. Claudius wrote i
English and used the prescribed lega
phraseology to make himself clear. H
, did not attempt to write in Chinese
although the consul was a little afrai
! that if the committee which wrot
! him, received reply from consu
written in English, it might be COZ
4 .sidered an insult, according 20 Chimes
l standards of etiquette. However, h
! was willing to take a chance on til
c English letter, which was drafted an
}, mailed yesterday afternoon. The lettC
I follows:
Consul Absolutely Refuses.
Is Honolulu, December 20, 1910.
e ''The United Chinese Society, Hon
S lulu.
|, "Gentlemen:-Refe to a cor
e mInication this day received by Ho
Liang Kwo Wing, Chinese Consul f,
# Hawaii, signed by Mr.. zee Larn 70
II or Mr.. zee Chin, in which certain i
IS formation is requested from the cons
r. and in which he is given twenty-fol
5, hours within which to reply, have
3. state as follows That it will be Il
ei necessary for the committee to wa
d twenty-four hours for answer to the lie
ter in question, for the reason that !
r, answer will be Forthcoming for the fl
1t, lowing, among other, reasons:
st "First. Mr.. Liang Kwo Wing, in b
IT position as Chinese Consul and as I
III individual, will absolutely refuse to a
g. swer any communication under a vag
n, threat with a time limit set on his a
d. swer.
Mt "Second Mr.. LANG Kwo Wing
d. fuses to answer any communicate
Mt, touching upon his duties as consul
Id otherwise unless the same is address
to him by somebody in authority.
de ''Third. Mr.. LANG Kwo Wing 6
ed solutely refuses to answer the letter
ed question for the reason that he is 1
lie permitted, by reason of the otie
Dh position he holds, to divulge official
in ports or communications of his CO
ell sulate without proper authority so
as do.
an Fourth. Mr.. LANG Kwo Wing
es fuses to answer the letter in questi
PHI because it has no bearing on ofic
an matters of the Chinese consulate.
ne Must Go over His Head.
mt Gin reference to a purported arti
n published in some paper in China,
rO- have the following to say; With'
wo Affirming or denying the matters ther
purported to be set forth, l have
say that Mr., Wing will absolutely
fuse NJ all times TO divulge oiiiC
communications of his consulate uni
IN instructed SO to do by somebody h
" ing authority so TO instruct him,
your society desires any informal
40. about the Official acts Of the pres