The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-02
CHINESE COMMUNITY AND
CHINESE CONSUL AT ODDS
Census Tax Said by Lang KwO Yng to Be for
Education --Anti-Manchus Say It Is
Something Very Different

Charges Of graft have been preferred
against the local Chinese consul in con
nection with the collection of special
tax Of one dollar and a quarter per head
for census enumeration purposes al
legedly. The consul denies there Is any
graft, and specifies the purpose for
which the money is to be collected, say
ing that the major part is to be used
for educational purposes, The younger
generation of Chinese who are natives
of the Hawaiian Islands say that the
charge is absurd, while many of the
older and more conservative Chinese
say they think there is something in
the charge which should be investi-
gated One Chinese newspaper makes
sweeping charges of graft, while an
other defends the consul and calls the
first paper a revolutionary organ, de-
signing to involve the consul in diff
culties with his government.
The consul is also charged with hav-
ing made a report to IFS government
concerning the revolutionary sentiments
of many of the Honolulu Chinese, nam
ing those, so it is alleged, who have
been the most obnoxious to him in their
campaign against his census enumera-
ton plan. According to the reports in
circulation here and to a statement IN
the Liberty News, republished yester'
day from a paper published in the
Orient the result of this has been to
make trouble for the relatives of those
named as revOlutionists who happen to
be living within Chinese jurisdiction.
Mixed up in the stories afloat is one
which traces the alleged enmity of the
consul toward certain Honolulu Chinese
back to the time when the baggage
of the consul's wife was held at the
customhouse, while the United States
district attorney was cabling to Wash
ington to learn if such baggage was
exempt from examination under the
courtesies granted the representatives
of foreign nations. The consul is said
to have accused local Chinese of giving
information to the effect that the trunks
contained cOntraband.
The stories are about as mixed up as
is anything Chinese to the occidental
mind. The consul laughs at them, while
the opposition repeat them.
| Ll6uACos
The assistant editor of the Sun Chuck
Kwock 30, Honolulu Chinese news
paper, declared last night that the
whole matter had arisen through a mis-
understanding of the circumstances re-
garding the special tax.
1t appears that when the Chinese
| prince, Tsai Hsun, passed through Ho-
Doulu, he, in conversation with the
consul, expressed the greatest pleasure
upon hearing that grammar school for
Chinese youths was to be established
in Honolulu. This school is intended to
educate the younger generation in the
Chinese way. One teacher. has already
arrived from Hongkong and two Others
4 are expected in the near future. The
latter two are from Yokohama, where
they have been teaching in grammar
school.
The local school for Chinese is re
ported to be situated at the rear OF
Achi lane, and the institution is called
the Ming Lung College. 1t is intended
J That the children attending that schoo
will be edrcated in the Chinese fashion
for some hours of the day; the balance
of their education will be obtained al
the American schools
How Tax was Divided.
| With regard to the fund for estab
fishing this school, it was determined
that part of the tax which has been col
lected by the officials who are at pTesen
taking a census of the Chinese popula
ton of these Islands for their HON,
government should be devoted to thu
upkeep of the school. special tax O.
one dollar and twenty-five cents wa
imposed; of this twenty cents went t.
the secretary who is conducting tn,
work and the balance to the supper
of the school
Some of the Chinese, according t.
the newspapers of the Celestials
thought that there should be no charg