Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-23
WILL DR.. sun
Be PERMITTED
TOLAND HERE?
Report That Chinese Liberia
tor Is On Way ArouSes In
ternationaI Question
PROBLEM WILL REQUIRE
WASHING IONS ATTENTION
Under Immigration Laws, Ref
ugee Is Probably Affected by
Chinese Exclusion Act

DI. Sun Vat Sen founder of the
hinese republic and now a political
refugee, has suddenly brought to the
front a question of international inter
est with Honolulu as the center of
| the difficulty.
The report that DIR. Sun is on his
way TO Hawaii has raised a problem
with the local immigration author!-
ties that will require reference to
Washington. Will the great liberia
tor land in Honolulu or will he be
refused admittance
The rumor that DR.. Sun will shortly
arrive here on a liner from Japan has
brought the matter up sharply and it
may be stated that the problem is now
under consideration by Inspector in
Charge Halsey, of the federal immi.
grafton station here. While declining
his morning to discuss the probal:-
ties, Inspector Halsey said in re-.
sponse to a question by the Star-Bul
letin, that several knotty points will
come up in case the Chinese revolu-
ZIONIST carries out his intention of re-
turning to Hawaii, where he lived
many years before going to China to
overthrow the Manchu dynasty.
A problem that involves as weighty
questions and will attract as much
attention as that of the Cipriano Cas-
tro case in New York is the DR.. Sun
case. The two cases are not similar
in many respects; in some respects
the considerations are much the same
Cipriano Castro. ex-dictator OF Ven
ezuela, after ,vainly trying to regain !
power by heading a revolution, at.
to enter the United States. |
The, Ellis island immigration authori. |
ties refused him admittance aE.i the
case sprank into worldwide notice.
In the end Castro was barred under
the provisions of the law which deny
entrance to aliens guilty of a crime
involving moral turpitude.
Castro was a political refugee. Sol
is DR.. Sun Vat Sen. But so far Is |
the U. S. immigration authorities<aare
it is not known thaR they
have any information on whichsfo base
r ruling that DR.. Sun is an alien guiIty
Of crime involving moral }turnitude |
Furthermore, is DR.. SuR an alien?
That is a question that! NAV reouire
a decision in Washington, DR., Sun
was born in Hawaii, Thereby heing
born a citizen of the United States,
ne went TO emma add helped set up
ne republican fornf of government.
,nder the federal laws. it is likely |
hat he has expah hriated himself, and
+ so, he is an alien.
Section of tIhe law relating to ex.
effective March 2. 1901. |
ays:
That any American shall be deem
u u L. 10 nave nave sexpatriated himself when
le mas oeel naturalized in any foreign |
'aIe s IN Conformity with its laws, or
men ne has taken an oath of allie
lance "a any foreign state"
Or. Sun. it will be remembered, |
uppotE1tfed pr the republic under Yuan
mn nin kai for some time after it was
Jun 5ded, anil it is believed that he
asf expatriated himself as an Ameri
aA citizen under the meaning of the
atute quoted above.
q In that case he must now be re. |
sarded not only as an alien, but as a
Chinese citizen, and is thus affected
by the Chinese exclusion act. Under |
this act. only merchants, students and
travellers are exempt" and allowed
to enter the United States. Had DR..
Sun come here Immediately after the |
first revolt. it is possible that he
would have been admitted, the author
tiles probably taking the position that
as there was then no settled form of
government in China, he could not !
have become a Chinese citizen.
When the various questions were
brought up to Inspector HalSey this |
morning he was interested but de |
clined to commit himself by express |
ing an opinion as to any course of
action.
At the Chinese consulate office this
it was stated that the consul
had nothing to say on the subject.