The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-16
CONSUL TAKES A
HAND IN SELF-DEFENSE
lContinued from Page One)


! Kellett walked his prisoner up to the
police station and hardly had arrived
there before Wade Warren Thayer, who
is acting for Hee Fat, appeared on the
scene. Selling the complaint, he scan
ned it for minute Then turning to
! the crowd around the receiving desk, he
remarked: "This won't stand five min
.utes.
Claudius Mcbride, who is represent
| ing the Chinese consul, started to say
something but refrained from making
Iany remark.
''Wcn,'' said Thayer, "'tms is only
move to keep Hee Fat away from the
meeting, but he will be back there in
| five minutes'
Then there was hurry call for
bonds, and in less than five minutes five
hundred dollars in gold was deposited
with Clerk Stewart, and the prisoner
was released. At once the party board
ed the hack and raced back to Aala
Park. The meeting then started in
earnest and some half dozen speakers
addressed the audience.
When the meeting really came to
order there were perhaps one thousand
ipeople of mixed nationalities present.
Japanese, HawaIians, haoles, Portuguese
and smatterings of other races were to
be seen. The crowd was very order
ly one, and the big body of police
land special officers, who were present,
had nothing to do but stop two small
boys, who started scrap, from hurting
one another.
An elderly Chinese named Chang PAX
Sun was the first speaker, and he start
ed by saying that the present Chinese
consul had disgraced his country and
had been of no assistance to his coun-
: trymen. The speaker repeated the story
of how the consul is alleged to have
reported the names of seven men to
the Chinese home government, and said
that the relatives of these men are
being prosecuted in China.
Chang PAX Sun also said that petl
ton was being signed to have the pres
ent consul removed, and that it be
, hooved all the Chinese of the Territory
| to sign it.
Hee Fat Talks.
The next speaker was Hee Fat, and
he got a great reception as he stepped
: forward on the platform. He did moi
refer to his arrest, and confined himself
! to repeating the remarks of the first
speaker and adding some more. HI
} compared the present consul with the
, three previous Ones-much to the in
cumbent s disadvantage. All the othe
l consuls had, according to Hee Fat'
+ statement, helped the Chinese in ever.
I possible manner, and the present consu
had done nothing of the sort. In fact
according to Hee Fat, the present con
sui oppressed the Chinese of Hawai-.
( Goo Duck also spoke in the SAM
: strain as the preceding speakers ant
earned applause by saying that if ever.
one of the Chinese pulled together the.
! Would get rid of the consul.
Petition Read
n The next speaker was Henry Wal an
e he read the petition that the Chimes
4 were asked to sign. The prayer wa
n to the home government and begge
that the consul at Honolulu should b
r removed as he was not in sympath
d with the Chinese of this city. Th
/, speaker used a smile that brought dow
/, the "house. - "Ants are small, -
n cried, "and a spider is large. Still
Y multitude of ants can put a splde
a where he should be. Let us act tn
r ant part.
While Wal was talking and repea
i ing most of the remarks made by til
e previous speakers, a dozen or so me
J. were making their way through tn
G crowd. and asking the Chinese to sig
IS the petition. About ten per cent. {
1. the crowd affixed their signatures
" the sheets of paper and then Yong "
d Chinese clergyman, spoke for a fe
/ minutes.
y Yong Yu's remarks were also mostl
,. the same as the other speakers, an
d he urged all present to sign the pet
al ton to have the consul removed.
er final rally was made TO get more sign
lures and then the meeting broke u
le There was no sign of a row and 0
% was quiet during the evening,