The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
By DIR. CARLETON SIMON Special Deputy Police Commissioner and Head of the Narcotics Bureau of the
 New York Department
 (COpyright 1024.)

(Copyright 1924.l
 NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The Chinese to degree feel, not unlike our under world criminals, that they should take care of their own afafirs, that they do not need the police. The police, how ever, feel that the public must be pro- tected. The better class of Chinese, and thete are many of these who have great business interests, resent the re- cent outbreak.
 When last Saturday night I heard that in Newark a veritable arsenal had been gathered and was about to be brought over here Sunday morning, didn't ask what Tong they were for, but went over, saw the chief of police there and laid the facts before him. We arrested 17 Chinese and seized 1000 rounds of ammunition, revolvers, shotguns, opium paraphernalia and a quantity of opium. We feel that we saved many lives. My information re- garCling the weapons was so accurate that I was able to open a safe in the place from a combination of numbers. The chief of police was amazed.
 Caused By Insurgents
 The actual cause of the Tong war is due to an insurgent faction whom the On Leongs discredited, whom they did not believe worthy Ofstheir associa- tion. These were thrown out and they sought refuge and protection in the Op- posing Tong, the Hip Sings. Appar- ently, fighting actually followed the ar rest of IA of these insurgents in Cleve- land, when the Hip Sings gave them legal aid.
 It has come to our attention that there is fund available in both Tongs, not only for the furnishing of ammu- milton, but to supply the best legal tal- ent available for their defense.
 Five hundred dollars, am told, is the price paid an assassin for a mur- der.
 When the Hip Sings headquarters on Pell street were raided December 7, 1922, we seized an arsenal of 25 re- volvers, daggers, knucks, thousands of rounds of ammunition, three sword hatchets and vast quantities of opium. Some guns were found in safe un- der a joss platform. The local pres ident of the Hip Sings, Lee Yee, was released on 5000 bail, but he skipped the country. 1 said at the time that these weapons were part of plot to war against the On Leongs for the staying of K. Low, international pres ident of Hip Sings, in front of the Chinese Delmonico's here.
 Majority Law Abiding
 Between the two mill stones of the Tongs, the best interest of Chinatown have suffered. The Chinese Benevolent society, conspicuous for its splendid work, tried to raise the standard among their fellow c0untrymen. The Chin csc, except those who really classify as belonging to the undesirable ele- ment, are as a class peaceful and law biding citizns. They are frugal and happy and their chief desire is to be left to themselves. Chinatown often has been stigmatized as the abiding place of opium smugglers and desperate men. This is not true in fact, even though the present conditions seem to justify this opinion. Yet, the Chinese dS CldSS uCSCENC NAN will emerge ultimately from the Tong war and peace will reign again.
 One conspicuous fact standing out in this feud is that no Chinese, be he high or low in position, wishes to express an opinion or render any state ment for fear that his position would be understood as other than neutral.
 Some members of the various TOngs have intimated that an opinion pub lished by me, in effect, that any Chinese who carried gun should be deported wa sa mere bluff, and that their legal talent is advising them that this posi- ton would not be sustained by the im- migration authorities.
 But I believe that if such carrying of guns could be shown as part of conspiracy, that such deportation would come under the undesirable alien" act, life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness of the American citi- zenry. It is our intention to arrest any Chinese, be he of any Tong, or any white man, who violates our laws.