The San Francisco call., 1910-05-02
CHINEJfE WILL
PUNIJH REBEL
Six Companies Offer Reward
For Detection of Defamers
Of Prince Tao

NPRINCE TAO PoY LAX is to have
Francisco by the Chinese six COM
panies.
The prince. younger brother of the
prince regent, uncle of the emperor of
China and chief of the general staff of
the Chinese army, who passed through
San Francisco April % and %, left in
his wake number of red placards of
denunciation, which were pasted on the
walls of Chinatown by the members of
the Chinese revolutionary party.
The six companies held a nightlong
session Friday night. and yesterday Of
fered reward of $3.50 to any one who
would give the name of a person post
ing an attack on Prince Tao in China
town. An additional reward of $3.50
was offered for proof of the culprit' IS
guilt before a court of the six COM
panies.
theme for oriental speculation. What
will happen to the informer is subject
for sinister conjecture.
But the rulers of Chinatown, the six
companies, are determined that the in
suits to the prince and uncle of the
youthful emperor must cease. although
it is not known whether this decision
was dictated by respect for royalty or
some other consideration
Prince Tao is a representative of the
Manchu dynasty. which has reigned
over the empire of China for 267 years.
The people of pure Chinese race chafe
under the rule of the Manchus. They
want a China for the Chinese But
the Manchus have the thumbscrews
down tight on the Chinese race and
repress all attempts at revolution. In
America the Chinese revolutionary So
ciety may flourish openly. The Chinese
in America do not belong to the Man
chu tribes.
The ostensible purpose of the visit
of the prince and war lord of China was
to inspect the American war depart
ment His stay in the United States is
limited to two weeks, and he has al
ready travelled from San Francisco to
New York. He will sail from New York
May D. This gives him little time to
study the american army, even though
it is not on a war footing
The Chinese revolutionary society be-
lieves that the real purpose of the
princes flying trip through America
was to receive the report of his Manchu
spies on the growth of the revolutions
ary movement in America. Such infor-
nation will be valuable when the dis
tinguished traveller returns to Pekfng.
He will then be able to turn his note
books over to the secret police of China
and the Canton kinsmen of the Chinese
revolutionists in San Francisco can be
beheaded for the sins of their relatives
across the Pacific.
IL has also been assumed that one
purpose of the princes visit was TO
arrange for some cIeverly devised
treaties which would give the Chinese
government more power over it's sub
jects in this country
When the prince was in San Fran
cisco his conduct was considered any-
thing but gracious. The six companies
planned gorgeous reception for him
at the Palace hotel and invited all the
dignitarfes of San Francisco and the
state or California, and the prince kept
the party waiting for an hour and then
only stayed about 80 minutes
The next day the walls of the Chinese
quarter were adorned with placards. in
which the prince was derided and de-
nounced. The most frequent charge
was that he was a child" the Chinese
idiom for ''nonentity"
The slurs of the revolutionary society
moved the six companies to action. and
In honor of the Chinese name the re-
wards have been offered for the hin
poster.