Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-02
HONOLULUpS SHARE IN CH|NA'S
REPUBLIC IS THEME At DINNER

! from joining DR. Sun in China.
Though he remained in this city. he
did not let up on the agitation for the
regeneration of his mother country.
How many prescnt.day people of HO-
nolulu would believe or possibly re-
call that the quiet.mannercd Mr. Ho
Fon was mixed up in one of liawaii's
revolutions. being charged with trea.
son in 1889 lie ceased TO attempt
the revOlutiOnzing of Hawaii but he
kept pCgging away at China.
Mr.. Wong LeOng was another of
DR.. Suns right.hand men and loyal
supporters. He told of the first meet.
ing of the twenty or so men with DIR.
Sun to form the first Chinese revolu-
tionary society here In Honolulu.
This society which had to be very
secret organization at that time, soon
grew to a membership of one hundred
and fifty. Only about twenty of the
members are now in the islands.
Mr.. Lau Tong told in a very inter
csting manner of his first joining the
revOutiOniSts. lie Is the man who as
leader of the movement to secure
funds for the Chimes" Red Cross, has
gained a fund that bids fair to reach
five thousand dollars.
MIR. Chang Chau told of his close
relation with Or Sun. although he is
not, as some suppose. "A blood relative
of the Doctors. lie has always been
ready to answer the call of Dr. Sun,
and one morning in August few
years ago he received n Cablegram
from DR. Sun that read Come" Chang
had just secured position with Da.
vies 4 Co. The steamer sailed that
afternoon and Chang was on board.
He had no more assurance Of what
DR. Sun meant than was contained in
a previous letter that whc big events
were on foot he would be asked to
participate. lie had no idea of where
he was going. At Yokohama he met
an agent of the revolution and there
was joined by twenty young Chinese
who had been studying In Japan.
They proceeded to Shanghai and
thence to the French possessions In
the South Chang was the leader of
the party and was given a sign by
which he was to max" himself known
in case of danger. The danger came
In the form Of Chinese admiral who
boarded their ship in southern waters.
feared he was being led into trap.
The sign was given again, and finally
Chang mustered courage to answer
with the countersign and the party
was passed through the port without
further difficulty.
This little incident served to show
how thoroughly hOneyCombed with the
revolutionary spirit the army and ma
Wy of China must have been. II also
may explain the easy manner In which
some of the captures" by the revolu'
tiOnary party have been made In re-
cent days. The expedition of which
Chang was a member was failure
but II did not dishcarten DR.. sun in
tn" slightest.
The Chinese writer's present made
short speeches that expressed the
confidence of China through DR..
Suns leadership To hold its own.
Without exception the Chinese pro
gr"ssivcs were inspired with the hope
that the first nation to recognize the
new republic should be the United
States. Ours Is the nation that has
treated China as nation fairly In In
ternatiOnal affairs, Notwithstanding
the existence of the exclusion act.
The Chinese hope for its support in
reforming their own country.
The last speaker was Mr.. Sun Fo,
son of President Sun, who goes soon
to join his father. He spoke briefly
but very much to the point In express
ing the gratitude of his father for the
assistance rendered by Mr.. Damon
and Mr. Bowen, and others of the old
! At Ne
sOrcly In need of funds.
1t was most delightful evening,
and especially so to the Americans
present who got their first intimate
view of the ambitions of those fore
most In the revolution that bids fair
to rejuvenate China.