Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
LONG LIVE THE KING!
CHINESE FOR THE GANG,
BUT NOT FOR HWANG
Race Street Plans to Celebrate
Return of Monarchy and
the Organization at
4 New Years
TIRED OF THE REPUBLIC

Chinatown takes issue with Hwang
Hsing. The little city that centres in
the Race street block between eth and
10th streets is like all metropolitan CEN
tres. tickle and easily impressed by the
pomp and glitter of monarchy. The
austere democrat an exile in his cosy
little stone house amid the snow-clad
hills. at Media, the man who was first
president OF the Chinese Republic, is all
wrong, says Chinatown.
General Hwang Hsing, the man who led
the Chinese revolution that established
the shaky republic and which now is
doomed. said that a new revolution would
bring carnage and wild disorders the mo-
mcnt Yuan Shi-Kai mounted the re-
established throne as emperor on the first
of the new year He analysed at length
for the EVENING LEDGER yesterday the
conditions of graft and treachery which
had destroyed the republic.
Hes a Jealous man," replied the
Chinese merchants in Race street, today,
loosening up the flags of the Republic
in front of the chop-suey restaurants, so
that they would tear down easily when
the new Emperor is joyously acclaimed at
New Years. "Why doesn't Hwang go
back to China and prove his assertions2
II the country Is ripe for another revolu-
tion. let Hwang Hsing do the trick
again"
Chinese know how to think completely
without difficulty. For they are going to
celebrate with equal glee, along with the
bell in independence Hall that rings out
the years of this republic at midnight
New Years Eve, both that America is
free and that China has lost her freedom.
Race street will be ablaze with lights
and terrible" with banners on that
occasion. The Hip Song Tongs and the
On Leong Tongs, deadliest OF rivals, will
for once greet each other with smiles.
And the white trash who parade the
Chinese Broadway that night will see
the gilded dragon of autocracy grin with
outrageous Joy at coming back"
When the republican flags are ripped
down 1t will be to the incense of opium
and the heavy odor of the pipe will spread
over the colony just as 1t did last night.
and will tonight-only more so. For
Chinatown is chock full of opium, and
the return of the Organization to power
has put much confidence into the owners
of the dives that their opium will be un-
molested: that they will not be harmed;
that they will be allowed to harm them
selves to their hearts desire.
The sympathies of the Chinese are with
the Republican Organization; not because
It is republican, but because it is mon-
nrchial.
Said Chong wah. prominent merchant
of Race street. ''If the best brains of
China could be brought together. repub-
licanism would prove successful, but the
power of politics prevents this and con-
sequently the intellectual men Of China
are prevented from running for office,
Hwang Hsings dream of republic Is
futile.
II believe Yuan Shi-kai. as President.
was prevented from carrying out the con-
structive ideas he contemplated upon TAX
ing office, because of the control certain
politicians had over majority of thi
populace. All this will be changed wher
he Is proclaimed Emperor on New Years
The masses In China are tillers of the
soil they are uneducated and they dc
not want to vote; they leave things to the
politicians.
when the children all so to school;
when education Is raised to a higher
level; when Christianity has a real foot
hold In China; then that country will he
ready for a republic"
Demon-like idols of Emperors, who
long ago "abode their destined hour and
went their way" have been resurrected
in the Race street josshouses, and are
insolently staring their ugly stares again.
Long live the Emperor" cries China
town. and. which is the same thing
HAL, Hall, the Gangs all Here"'