The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-31
DR. SUN
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the widest vagaries of melodramatic
fiction can eclipse the sensational ca.
reer of DR.. Sun Yet Sen during the
past fifteen years. And here it may
be pertinent to remark that it was
just fifteen years ago when DR.. Sun
came from Honolulu and established
in the local Chinatown what was
known as Chung Hing Woey. Freely
translated this means Chinese Popular
Society. Under this ambiguous and
equivocal title more than 200 patriotic
young Chinese pledged their lives to
the cause of freeing China from Man.
churian rule. Each, moreover, sub.
scribed the sum of SIS, and this $4,000
was the first revolutionary fund that
is known to have been created for the
founding of a Chinese republic.
From San Francisco DR.. Sun pro
ceeded eastward, making converts as
he went, and finally arrived in New
York, where he aroused much enthu-
siasm among his countrymen. They
decided to send him to London and
thence around the world to spread his
gospel of Chinese freeom.
Empress Became Alarmed.
In the meantime his work had at
tracted the attention of the Empress
Dowager, who became alarmed at his
success and placed upo his head a re-
ward of several million taels. She
also instructed the Chinese Minister
at London to suppress this troublesome
agitator by any means at his command,
and the minister, being both resource
full and loyal, responded by kidnapping
DR.. Sun as soon as he set foot on
English soil.
The reformer was held a prisoner in
the Chinese Embassy at London, it be-
ing the minister's intention to ship him
to China in some manner-thereby
gaining the royal favor as we'll as a
fortune. But DR.. Sun Yet
Sen was not thus easily suppressed.
Well versed in international. law, he
a letter to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, setting forth the fact
that he, a British subject, born in
Fongkong, was being illegally re-
strained of his liberty by the minister
of foreign nation.
Curious as was this complaint upon
the part of Dr. Sun, it proved, never
theless, quite effective. Technically, it
was found upon investigation, to be
correct. There was nothing left but for
the English official to make protest
against the overt action Of the Chinese
minister. And the latter, cursing,
doubtless, unanimously under bis
breath, delivered DR.. Sun with smiling
apologies to the English Minister'S rep
resentatiye.
Nothing daunted by his adventure in
London, DR.. Sun crossed the channel
and began the organization of revoiu-
tionary societies in France. Here he
met with great success and established
a newspaper devoted to revolutionary
doctrines, which has since gained an
international circulation.
After visiting other leading cities Of
Europe and continuing his labors with
undated success, DR.. Sun returned to
Hongkong, and after time went back
into the interior of China, disguised as
a laborer. He became so bold in his
labors as to attract the attention of
the vice-regal secret police, and
though he was warned and attempted
to escape, he was captured, brought
before the Viceroy Of Kwang Tung and
sentenced to be boiled in oil, the most
terrible punishment in the decalogue
and melted out only to the most des-
perate offenders.
Too Willy For His Foes.
But DR.. Sun Yet Sen was too willy for
his foes even in their own country,
Immediately upon being sentenced he
dispatched a message to the English
Minister at Hongkong, claiming pro
lection of the British Government as
loyal subject of the Queen. Again
the ponderous machinery of English
political law was set in motion to save
a Chinese revolutionist, and again the
Chinese authorities were compelled tc
open their cage and release, with apol
ogies, the bird they had shared.
After this Dr. Sun did not return tC
China for some time. He made his
headquarters in the Straits Settle
ments and directed the action of the
many revolutionary forces he had Sc
in motion all over the world Later he
again entered China and continued his