The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
CHINESE GENERAL
FROM FAMILY OF
NOTED WARRIORS
Afong's Appointment Re.
calls Parts Ancestors
Played in Honolulu.

HONOLULU, T. H, Aug. 2l.-Ro-
nance Is not yet dead-not in the
Pacific.
Take. for instance. the case Of
Wingsen AfonE. who numbers
among his ancestors a hero Of the
American Revolution. noted Ha-
wailan warriors Of q long dead age,
a famous Hawaiian beauty and a
Chinese millionaire merchant prince.
For young Along, a native Of Ha-
wall. a Yale man. at present q citi-
zen OF China. Is now a general In
:he army OF the Southern Chinese
r~nnhlic under Sun Yst Sen, who
Overthrew the Manchu dynasty. ana
holds command of the Canton ar
.'nal. a most important post.
Figured I'm London Story.
dispatch from China a few oays
telling Of Gen. Afong's assign
."ent to the Canton arsenal, recalled
to the minds of kamaainas CHa-
waiian pIoneers) the romance thas
is the history Of the Along family.
a tale once told by the late JACK
London. in the thin Euise Of fiction.
The wheels Of fate which have
made winEsen Along a general In
the Southern Chinese army began
to turn away back eighty years ~
more. when a Chinese trader. C. Al
Fong, brought a sailing vessel load
ed with merchandise to the then
tiny hamlet Of Honolulu. q collec-
rion OF muddy trails and grass huts.
and established himself In business.
Prosperous sailor Marries Beasty.
An Fong prospered and made
wise investments. In a few years
he had built the foundation Of .
fortune which later attained i'm
mense proportions. And then he
married a part Hawaiian, part Cau-
casian girl whose rare beauty was
long the toast Of the officers of the
"ld Pacific fleet. She was the pro-
tege of Hawaiian royalty and the
beautiful home which All Fong
erected for his bride became one OF
the famous social centers Of Homo
lulu. far famed for It's boundiess
hospitality. And there were nine
children. seven beautiful girls and
two sturdy boys. One Of the daugh-
ters 10 the wife Of . colonel IN the
United States army. another the
wife of a rear admiral (retired) OF
the United States navy.
Some time during those gay years
All Fong became Along. but the 60
cial life Of his American friends
never attracted him. His riches did
not bring a full measure Of con-
tentment in a land which alway,
must have remained allen to him.
Along lonred for the home Of HIS
fathers. and he returned 10 II. TO
HonEkong. about twenty-five year,
ago. taking with him his eldest son.
Tony. and leaving behind his wire
and the other children. making am
pie financial provision for them.
Mrs. Along died here about two
years ago at an advanced age
Make secosd Fortune.
Along and Tony entered into the
exporting and importing bushes,
in Hongkong. and. IL is reported.
prospered so amazingly that the
second fortune now is greater than
the first: the merchant prince OF
pioneer Honolulu became a mer-
chant prince OF South China.
And now Tony Afong's son. Wing
sen. is a general in the Chinese
army: his cousins have the entree
20 Honoluiu's most exclusive social
set Gen. Along has been in Homo
lulu twice. passing through on his
visits to America. He was educat-
ed at Hartford. Conn. and at Yale
Perhaps II is a heritage from his
distant Caucasian ancestors, the in
spi=ation which led wIngsen Afone
TO become a general in the Southern
Chinese army. And there is alsc
the fact that for many years ht.
father. Tony Along. has been an in.
innate friend Of DR.. Sun Vat Sen
the maker OF revolutions and re.
publics. who Is himself a native o,
Hawaii, born here half a century
ago Of parents who were plantation
coolies
Napoleon OF Pacinc.
One Capt. Fayerweather, a soldier
of the American Revolution, is ar
ancestor Of Gen. wingsen Along
Chinese patriot. There also appear.
IN his genealogical chart the nam,
OF Capt Beckley. a master mariner
who came 20 Honolulu 1z0 year.
ago, long before the coming OF tn,
New England missionaries. Capt
Ieckley became military adviser &c
Kamehameha the Great. the Napo.
leon OF the Pacific. who conquered
the islands of the Hawaiian groul
and consolidated them into one
kingdom for the first time. found.
Ing the dynasty which ended wits
the overthrow of Queen Liliuoka.
lani in 1893. Capt. Beckley com.
manded the first military fort con.
structed in Honolulu and by som,
authorities Is given credit for hav.
ing designed the Hawaiian nag. Th.
name of Beckiey is stili prominent
in Hawaii
The Hawaiian blood OF Gen. Atoms
comes from a long line OF noted
warriors. the history OF whose val.
iant deeds is still preserved in ma.
tive chants. They were chiefs ot
the highest rank and some Of then
were in the councils Of the Great
Esmehameha.
There Is good stun In Gen. Wing.
sen Along: those who know him
say he will be power in the new
China.