The sun., 1910-05-03
CHINATOWN FLAGS A.FLAP
EWPERORS UNCLE VIA BE 4
HELCOWE M4N TO-NORROH.



Diamonds and n Looked N Askance
Under all the saffron banners aud th'
spawling dragons clawing az red sum
over the roofs Of Chinatown ycsteTday
there vas a tension ~ unrest and oI
speculation u all had 20 do With thai
luncheon 20 be gwen 10 his lmperia
1ighness Prince Tsai Tao and the mem
hers II his star az the Tuxedo restaurant
, DOyers street. az noon tomorrow.
Though purple banners Inscribed with
Appropriate ideogrsphs oi fealty and
welcome tapped from On Lsong territory
on Mott street and green and marOOU
guidons u the Four Brothers, no less
enthusiastic as 10 notices. adorned the
telephone wires over Pell street. the
unanimity Of welcome applied only In
respect tO the august uncle of the infaut
Son u Heaven and not 70 the welcomers.
There Is a very delicate problem in the
solving just now and in II there are
elements uf embarrassment which might
be- apparent even 10 the Manchu chief
| " stan n the Chinese army when he sits
down 70 meat with the subjects 81 his
/ nephew
On the face Of il the proprieties Of
| to-mOrrow's affair will all bs met and
passed without a hit0h. for the arrange
ment uf the luncheon and the details Of
the reception Of his Highnsss have all
bsen left in neutral hands. Ostensibly
I the Chinese Merchants Association and
/ the Chinese Empire Reform Assooia ton
arr the joint hosts Each organization
wished 10 do honor To the Prince in its
/ peculiar Way but when delegations from
ench sent 10 the Plaza Hotel yesterday
and conferred with the secretaries of the
| Prince they learned that Tsn Taos time
! Would be- 30 limited here in New York
that II hs was 20 meet sny Chinese In a
/ formal function II would have 20 he on
one occasion only. Therefore a QUICK
decision was made 10 unite the two
festivities planned. and Wednesday, =
luncheon was arranged and approved
/ by the Prince.
| But here il the nublin oi the issue
over which Pell and Mott streets were
both rlminating yesterday. each accord.
]
His ENoellency Chang Yin Tang. Minister
of China, tn this country, h by virtue
Il his sdrname a -Four Brothers man
however slight may be his pArticip alton
IN the spirit OF the ancient order Of blood
fenlty Gen Ha Han Chang, one Of the
members II Prince Tsai Taos suite,
must also have been born into the brother.
hood Of the -Four. - lt vas said on Pell
street Yesterday Joe Singleton. the
president of the Chinese Empire Reform
Association and American in everything
but his sentiments winch are all toward
China. h also a -Four Bothers man. though
IL must be- said thhat Singleton max -
no hoast 1f that fact.
HE FVcellency. the Minister. Gen
Ha Han chang. Joe Singleton all will
be present AZ the luncheon OF state under
the glass wind bells on DOyers street
to-morrOW Tbrce -Four Brothers men,
albeit two u them are direct from Pekin
Ryt the same toke on there will not be a
single On l.eOng representative 20 break
gar ~ Uiev with the prince Of the blood
Not that lOe Singleton. who 10 devot-
eddy and whole heartedly a member 0i
the Chinese Empire Reform Association
and a Four Brothers man by accident Ol
birth not that he planned W exclude
the On I,eonEs Nor did Sam Lock. the
brotherhood. work this ignoniny against
the tong Plain force Of circumstances,
that bugab0O which has trapped the
10 nOcent feet OF the On i.eOng tong ~
persistently - late. ~ alone responsible
f1pfhis misfortune
There is another association % Chinese
which will positively not be represented
NJ the luncheon % the Prince This ID
q society which has its bea dquarters IN
pell street. . society vi which ls older than
any Chinese fraternity outside Ot the
Four BrUihers and which for the last
10 years has been pledged ~ a single
purpuEa. "a drive the Manchu dynasty
on the throne Ot empire
Chez hung tong - the name % this
group u Celestial reds. The story Of its
inception. - told Yesterday IN a long room
where agile typesetterH were climbin {
racks like the shelves In a shoe store.
runs thisway:
Three hundred years or 20 ago there
was Rebellion IN thina The Manchus
who we're not then as tightly glued Ia
The throne a. they are supposed 10 be
today seut al the troops they could mus
Ter against the rebels and their armlss
W~r~ rppulsed Just AZ the lowest ebh
~ the Manchu FORTUNES an aggregation
~ stdiwart lighting monks who could
sweep the two handed sword better than
they could COnstrIo the philosophy Ol
Confucius rallied to the support n the
Government ana by their valor crushed
the rebellion Thereafter thA Manchus
IN power thought 20 reward the monks
with money and political preiermenl
bt all Of their Offers we're declined
The monks said that they had done what
they had done and that was an end ont
Arguing from their Oriental vie Wpoinl
the Mlnchu governors became con.
WINGED that because they did not wish
reward tine monks had a card up their
sleeve. 50 soldiers were sent against
the monks. they were dispersed many
" them were killed and many driven
out - the country The survivors as
ssmbled. pledged themselves and their
posterty even to dOoVsday 10 a solemn
Obligation TO sweep the Manchus from
the throne That pledge remains to-day
the wat,hword of the Chee kungs. even
though their resolve may be glosssd over
20 aome extent by more modern eNigencies
Of pie gov and fantan.
So there will he no Chez kungs 20 vel
COM. the Prince In DOVers street
The members Of the Chinese Empire
Reform Association 60 20 do acts Of iealty
10 the representative of the ruling Manchus
because from its inception az q revolu-
tionary rOciety under the leadership
Of the outlaw kang Hue Wei the or
ganization has not changed II is the
Manchu Government that has changed
in the past ten years. and. A. one Of the
associations memberH said yesterday,
hlmOst everything that Hang Yue Wei
sought when he organized the mOdernists
With a high price on his head has already
been put in process hy the Manchu Gov
ernment al Pekin Therefore the Chinese
Empire Reform Association H. behind
the Government and eager 10 do honor
20 PrinceF Tsli Tao.
Another light of Chinatown WhOee pres