Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-07
CHINESE GENERAL
NOT ANARCHIST
NOTED CASEE|VDS
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by Inspector Brown. He engaged At
torney Robert w. Breckons as hi:
counsel and for the next two months
frequent hearings were held at the
immigration station From the first
the defendant admitted the speeches
and writings in question, but declared
he did not counsel the killing oi
Yuan as a personal matter but as d
political expression in connection with
his belief that the Yuan government
was reactionary and should be over
thrown to make way for more pro
gressive principles of the Chinese re
public.
On several occasions letters and in
teryiews from Gen. Wudan which had
been published in the Star-Bulletin
figured in the hearings, these being
cited TO show that he was an anar
ofIist by his own utterances. But on
this and the other points the conten.
ton Of the immigration authorities
has now been refuted by the ruling
in Washington.
Case Goes to Washington.
The findings of the special board OF
inquiry were sent to Washington for
consideration by the department of Ia
tor Wudan's attorney, Mr.. Brock
'ons, then filed with the department
a notable brief in which he reviewed
the history of the legislation dealing
with anarchists and anarchistic &C
tons. Attorney Breckons referred to
the message to Congress of ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt in which he referred
to the assassination OF Mckinley By
CzolgosZ, contending from this, from
subsequent legislation, from congress.
sional debates and from rulings of the
bureau of immigration that anarchists
are those who believe in chaos and
assassination of officials merely be-
cause they are officials. =
Wudan's utterances and writings
were discussed comprehensively IL
show that he is not an anarchist in
any accepted sense of the word; that
he was merely discussing matters as
a political opponent of those.whom he
condemned and as a patriotic Chinese
citizen. g.. - "
Cites American History. .
Attorney Breckons closed his brief
with these words: -...... =
'Tn conclusion, Mr.. Commissioner,
it is respectfully submitted that, If on
this record it shodld be held that Gen.
Wudan should be deported there would
be established a rule the principles Of
which would be contrary to the very
foundation Of our own. form Of gov
eminent II If Wudan be an
anarchist, under this record, then so
was George Washington, and so was
Samuel Adams, and so was Benjamin
Franklin, and so were every one OF
a host of others of glorious memory.
If, by reason of this record, Wudan
is tundesirable-a person whose
teachings may tend to turn as from
the paths We have for century and
a half trodden towards an ideal form
of government, then might we well
have turned rom our shores IaFay-
cite and disciples of Emmett and
GaIibaldi and Kossuth and William
Tell. In glowing terms-in poetry as
well as in prose, has been written the
histories of heroes who taught doc
trines much more 'anarchistic' than
those of Wudan; histories held up as
examples OF pure patriotism to the
school children of the United States
today. Songs have been composed
and monuments have been erected to
the memory of such men as we have
mentioned. LIN
Shall the Commissioner of Imni-
grafton, in this day of advancement
say that Wudan is an anarchist? We
respectfully submit that the answer