The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-09
Prompt Action Of American Con-
sui General At Honukonu
Saved Editor Suns Life
PRICE ON HIS HEAD
FOR BEING A REBEL
Saved From Execution Because
He Was Americana Born and
Banished From China

Banished from Hongkong for ten
years, dragged to jail in chains, price
set on his head and assassins ri his
heels, Col. Sun shiu Kwai, nephew
Of Robert wilcox, the Hawaiian reyo-
lutionafy leader Of Queen LiliuoltaI-
ani's troubled reign, has sought sane
suary in Honolulu, the city Of his birth,
after an absence Of twenty years.
Landed here penniless, his passage
paid by the bounty Of the American
nsul.eeneral at Hongkong, he is now
ierving as an associate editor Of the
Chinese Liberty News. waiting to see
low events shape themselves in the
orient before reforming his plans. Only
lis birth certificate, produced by his
ather, after news Of his arrest had
5een sInuggled out Of Jail, saved him
rom execution on charges Of sedition
referred by the agents -of President
Juan shi-kai. To The Advertiser Yea.
erday he told his story. 4 VI.
dorm In Honolulu
~ was born in Honolulu twenty.
.hree years ago. said Colonel Sun.
My father was a jeweler here and
ny mother q Kohala girl, by name
Hokihana. do not remember her, be.
ause she died here when l was an i'm
ant and my father took me back to
Jhina when / was not quite three years
I'D, hut he has often told me that
Robert Wilcox, the Hawaiian revoln
ionary was my uncle.
stMy fnther is now a matchmaker
I'm Hongkong. As o youth in my teens,
ne sent me to the Chinese military
|s(cademy at Canton and later to
/ queen 3 college, HongkOhg. While
vas still an UNDER raduate there, the
evolution against the Manchu dynas.
by broke ont and ] enlisted with the
irmies of the republic, saw service ana
ose to the rank of Colonel. "a
After the republic had been pro
laimed, was made a political officer
4 the Sun On district Of the province
II Canton. The place correspondent,
should say, to what you would call
,ounty chaifman in the states. y
toins Second Rsyolution
ssWhen Yuan Shi-kai was proclaimed
resident, my activities in the second
evolution against him cost me ms
plaee and fed to fIongkong, to bs
nder the protection Of the British
lag, Discomfort with the administra
ion Of Yuan was as strong there q,
elsewhere and soon / found myself
wept into the swirl Of Revolutionary
propaganda again. Assuming disguise
went back to Canton as a seere
agent. Things got too hot for m,
here, and doubled on my tracks Il
dongkong, but by that time the Can
ON authorities had pretty definite in
,ormation against me, and the Governo
General Of Canton telegraphed {,
Hongkong for my extradition.
ION November y 1914, i was at
rested and lodged in the topmost tie
II cells in the Hongkong Jail. Nj
,harges were booked against me, ri
record of my arrest was made and
vas permitted to Communicates will
lobody on the outside. For a montl
ny diet was uncooked rice and water
"Sedition Is honeycombing all Chin
ind, fortunately for me, the govern
nent could not rely even on its iailort
The guard in my corridor was sympa
!, ,hetic and finally Struggled out let
5er for me to the newspaper, write
!. Chinese but spelled out in the RI
nan alphabet.
Accused Of Being Traitor
As soon as the letter was publishe
caught my father s eye. He ran I
he American consul,generalf produce
J proof Of my American birth and cit
1enship, and begged for aid. The 81
ul.general called the governor OF III
Jail on the telephone and asked wha
he charle against me was.
ii Nothing serious, said the COVE
nor, tonly trivial offense. Nothsn
/. Itor which he can be extradited.'
IL q But the very next day the goycrnu
. | sent for me. .You re to be sent I
II Canton tomorrow, he informed me, "a
J la traitor
III "Of course that was against tn
british law. A man cannot be extrr
dited out Of a treaty port without
hearing on charges. II told the gcRs
nor so and he only Knocked me.
III Htyery well, said /, III l am /
iie--for it Is my death you have ~
uounced---I might as we'll die here an
now.
N with that ] snatched up hesy
water bottle that stood ON his des
and brought 1t down with all the fore
had ON my head. 1t broke in m
hands but did not stun me.
"The jagged fra ment left ia N.
grasp l hurled full in the governor
face. The sharp edges emit him ierr
bly,
1.-THE governor put on his face 0
doom. Seize that inant' he criedssmoI
ping the binding blood from his eye
Six men fettered me hand and foot !
heavy chains.
Method In His Madness
II There was some method in my. MAJ
ness. BY an assault on tho Poyerno
hoped to bring myself into the locs
! courts, where could make known tn
! true complaint against me- But m
guile stood me nothing. That same da
was sent secretly from Hongkon
! TO Canton and again lodged IN Jail wit
lno charge against me. Each day l e.