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HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1t 1902.'
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
INSIGHT INTO CHINA'S IDEAS AND EFFECT OF EXCLUSION
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Chinese Brokers Ship Coolies
Hongkong, Jan. 4. Tho activity
which Is being shown In Chinese labor
circles In Ban Francisco Is a reflex
of what Is going on In tho ports on tho
coast of China. Speculation as to the
chances ot re-enactment of tho exclu
sion law In tho United States Is rifo
among the coollo brokers, and tho sen
timent seems to bo that the law will
not bo re-enacted. Should that law
bo allowed to lapse for any period they
would almply Inundate, the Pacific
Coast with coolies and causo a revolu
tion In the labor market ot tho United
States Tho coollo class know well
from returned emigrants what a fine
field America provides for them, and
they would very quickly place them
selves at tho disposal of the broke
In any numbers were the exclusion
laws removed. Thcro Is nothing on
the surfaco to show why the brokora
should be calculating upon a failure to
re-enact, but then the Chinese at home
and abroad are perhaps the most pv.'
fectly organized among the world't
workers. Uy means of their secret so
cieties, the exlstcnco ot which was so
well exemplified during tho recent
troubles In tho north, they know and'na Merchants' Association hcre-tho
appreciate every Important move-
ment which occurs In every country I
where they have any Interest at
stake, and, being tho, keenest possible
business men, they cast their specula
tive biead upon tho waters accord
lngly.
Lapse of Exclusion.
To speculate upon the lapse of tlin
law of exclusion may scorn llko look
ing a mighty long way ahead, but, aft
er all, there Is no chance upon which
tho Chinese will not have a "flutter.'
Just as tho earth coollo, earning 30 trn,i0 0f dealing In coolies as white
Mexican cents, a day, will contrive to mttn woui- n B11RIir or tlmlicr. Their
make shift with a pitiful mess of rice jackals, the coolie-catchers, penetrate
worth less than 5 cents In order to to the swarming Inland townB and
gamblo away tho bulk of It at fantan villages, spread abroad'storles' of lKo
on the hillside, so tho gambling spirit 'fabulously high wages which can be
permeates all classes from the lowest rando In, say Borneo or the Straits
to tho highest. And. It haB to bo re- Settlements; and speedily draw as
membered, tho broker has now fallen many trustful recruits as they want
upon ovll days. The Philippines haveto their labor banner. In these efforts
dicen closed to Chlneso Immigration, to obtalncoollcs tho decoys secure
federated Australia has shut Its doors they ready assistance of keepers of
likewise upon them. Emigration to native boarding-houses and other
the Straits Settlements, Dornco, For- places of resort, by means of a Judl
niosa and the East Indian archipelago clous distribution ot "cumslia," nor
generally. Is being brought more and aro the Government officials averse to
more under strictest supervision. Only lend a helping hand, so long as tho
this week an emigration consolidation palm Is well-greased,
ordinance was passed by tho Hong ' Tho victims aro brought down the
kong Legislative Council, which will rivers in Junks to the seaports and
make It still more difficult to ovado thence shipped to their destination,
the laws and carry out the system of. Ily law all emigrants havo to paBs
Impersonation and false certificates through tho emigration office at the
which nt present oxlsts In splto if tho port from which they tnke their do
vlgllanco of tho authorities. I parturo over seas. Hero ono would
In these circumstances It Is eaby to naturally expect that thoso coolies
understand that the coollo broker la who have been Inveigled Into leaving
eager to get the lmmenso field which their homes and havo now found out
America presents again opened to that there Is a good deal of sham In
them as a dumping ground. They what the "catcher" had said and per
have Infinite labor material In the haps that they aro being taken to n
teeming population of towns and clt- different country from that to which
les of tho mainland. When, somo they had contracted to go, would tell
years ago, it was suggested by tho their troubles to tho emigration Bupor
United States representatives In Ma- Intcndcnt. Hut they never do. The
nlla that 4,000,000 Chlneso Bhould be coollo has been asked to sign an
brought over to tho Philippines as a agreement to work or a certain num-
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I'hgto copjrlgU by Alme Dupont, New York,
MME. EMMA CALVE AND HER FAMOUS COLLIE.
This Is the dog which hns caused Mine. Calve no much trouble during her
present season. Hotel prnpiielorH have rnlhed objections to tho piosciicu of
tho collie In the prium donna's rooms, but In mot cases they h:ie come out
lecond best. Tff Uti ' ''iff l"
Preparing to Dump Loads
of Cheap Labor in
States,
first step toward tho settlement ot
theso Islands, tho Idea of being able
to get so many was scouted In somo
quarters as preposterous. Hut thcro
was really no necessity for looking
upon It In such a way. The Chlncso
brokers slave-dealers would scarcely
bo a misnomer could have secured
thoso 4,000,000 coolies and as many
moro as woro required, and yet the
seething population to China would
havo suffered no perceptible diminu
tion. In tho same manner sufficient
numbers could very speedily bo dump
ed down In San Francisco to demoral
ize the conditions of whlto labor all
over America, and this In despite, be
it said, of tho power of the trades
unions.
Labor Agencies In Orient.
It should be mentioned that the Chi
leading and most powerful native or-
gnnlzatlon In this colony-
-disclaims
all knowledge of, or connection with.
tho recent formation of agencies for
tho speculative supply of coolies to
America. As n matter of fact the
agencies already exist, and have noto
ilously been In exlstcnco for years.
There arc honest emigration agencies
that carry on a legitimate business
through the emigration offlcu and there i
are others. It is by these latter that
the nefarious dodges of coolie broker-1
ago aro practiced. They make u
r i
from Hongkong
her df years at a rato of wages which,
If they got It, would bo princely, as
compared with tho beggarly 20 Mexi
can cents with which ho had to con
tent himself in his native paddy field.
This he does Joyfully. Hut ho Is also
told at tho same time that on no ac
count must he let tho emigration offi
cers at the ports of embarkation know
that he Is going out with a contractor.
Cooties Are Deceived.
As a gentle persuader he is warned
that disobedience tn this order means
violent personal punishment. If not
death; and his antl-forelgn proclivities
generally cause the balance to fall on
tho side of nbsolute obedience, Inde
pendent of thu accompanying men
aces. The embarkation Is supervised
by tho police, but these officials liav
to allow numbers of coolies to pass on
their obviously false declaration that
they are emigrants, not with a con
tractor, but on their own account. N'or
do they scruple to fill in circumstan
tial details, for your Chinese never
docs this sort of thing by halves.
When the coolie does arrlvo at his des
tination it Is generally to find that his
agreement is not so rosy as It looked
perhaps that It Is useless, so far as
ha Is concerned; and that he has to
pay off his passage money and an ex
orbitant premium before ho can begin
to touch the wages of his labors. Very
few laboring coolies who como back
to China after working away from
home under a contract nro a cent rich
er than when they went away. Those
who have gone to America arc almost
the only exceptions. It Is tho rascal'
ly broker who pockets all tho profits.
Were there a failure to re-enact the
exclusion law theso brokers would
amass fortunes. They pay the coolie-
catcher so much a head, say 10 or 20
cents, for every coolie brought for
want, and they receive from 4ho con
traitor In America a premium on ev
ery man of anything from $30 to (40
(gold), according to the present rates.
From Peking. Canton. Shanghai,
Hongkong. Amoy, Swatow and numer
ous other centers thcro would be
streams of emigrants to America
could they but find an open door by
which to enter. At present there Is
not much of an opportunity of evading
tho exclusion law, but still it Is ac
complished In a small degree. Pre
viously the emigrant returning to
China simply got a certificate from
tho American Government enabling
him to come back within a certain pe
riod, and It was no uncommon thing
fop him to offer the passport for sale
to the highest bidder, ho himself re
maining at home and tho purchaser
Private Life
An English translation, by Arthur
Hornblow, of George Dorys" "Private
Life of tho Sultan of Turkey." which
created such a sensation In Pari
somo months ago, haB been biought
out. In his opening chapters, M.
Dorys describes Abdul-! lamld's . In
trigues to gain tho thione, his lnnchl
nations against his unfortunate broth
er, who, for 25 years, has been kept a
prisoner by him. It Is a terrlblo pie
turo which M. Dorys draws, but con
vlntlng nevertheless, for he lifts the
veil on every phaso of tho dally exist
ence led by tho Sultan. Ho shuwg him
living In constant fear ot polBou, and
having cats and dogs, and even his
staff tasto his food beforo ho partakes
of it He pictures him as having a
horror of darkness, and keeping Ylldlz
Park really a strong fortress, built
with a spedal view to protecting him
igalnst attack lighted all night In
oiiBcqucnco; terrified by tho stillness
of night, and ordcilng armed guards
(i tramp ccasolcssly up and down out
ildo his bedroom window; In constant
apprehension of attack, and over ready
o draw one of tho thrco rovolvcrs,
with which ho Is always armed, on thu
most Inoffensive persons; loving cheap
' literature, and gloating over stories of
! blood nnd vlulenco; suspecting nil
irouml him, and oxlllng and putting to
death every one against whom he has
i real or Imaginary grievance.
Prematurely Old and Broken.
Hero Is M I)ory3' description ot tho
bdiil-Hamld of today:
Desplto tho enro ho takes of his
health, ho Is prematurely old and bro
ken. Ho is extremely feeble, and only
keeps up by dint ot will power. Ills
body is so thin that It Is littlu moro
1 than n skeleton. After having tried
In vain, by overy possible means, to
Incrcaso In weight, and, unablo to do
so, ho abstains from everything likely
to mako him thinner. Ho haB an
atrocious fear ot death, and dreadfuls Majesty's desk, for they havn
going to America under tho false cer
tification. This was put an end to by
photographing all returning emigrants
and stamping their certificates In
such a way as to make fraud next to
Impossible.
Better Class of Emigrants.
Just now the emigration of Chinese
from China to tho United States Is
very Inconsiderable, the emigrants are
all of the better class. It Is welt
known that many thousands of aliens
of the yellow races evaded tho exclu
sion law by taking ndvantago of tin
back door which Hawaii at one time
and the Philippines until recently of
forded. Hut a period has been put to
these proceedings, at least there Is lit
tle evasion nowadays. Owners i.t
steamships have become wnry alio it
taking unqualified passengers across
to America, for several have been tin
der the painful necessity of having to
bring gangs of undesirables back hero
at their own expense.
It need only be said that wero the
exclusion law not re-enacted, or were
It repealed tomorrow, thero would bo
a repetition of the experience of the
early eighties and especially of that
period Immediately beforo the en
forcement of the law, when every
available vessel all over tho East was
eagerly chartered, liner and tramp
alike, by thu coolie brokers for thu
transportation of Chinese to America
In numbers limited only by tho capac
ity of the vessels which carried them.
Tho coolies are ready In untold force;
tho agencies hae their maws gaping
for employment. It remains with the
United States to say whether tho
yellow Invasion shall or shall not be
gin. If It Is allowed to begin heaven
only knows where It will stop. San
Francisco Chronicle.
THE WOMAN YOU USED TO LOVE.
Did you eer go hack to the woman
joii uteri to lou after It was nil over;
the heartache, the self-conlllct; the
numbness and all that to find In her
a .friend who uuderatood, whos? spirit
had grown Bweeter, finer, truer than It
used to be In the old days when you
loved but did not understand? How
beautiful lb such a friendship, and how
rare! There Is a tenderness between
you, a sincerity and truth; a subtle
bond of union. Infinitely greater In Itit
strgenth and fineness than the old
time passion ever bore. It Isn't love,
as the world sees It It doesn't ruffle
)uu or make you blind. There Is no
swift and frequent alternation of
ecstasy and despair, no Jealousy or In
toxication of the senses, but Just peace
and mutual sympathy, and n subtle,
quiet gladness of the soul.
You never quite forget her. even
though you meet another woman
which you always do and marry her
for love. There Is always the fragrant
memory of this other woman whom
you loved and lost ami found again a
friend whom who understood.
of the Sultan of Turkey
Abdul Hamid Feeble,
and Constantly
FearsfDeath
Illness In general nnd contagious dis
eases. Ho has a superstitious fear of
the latter, which dates back many
years. While still heir-apparent, he
met one dny In his park at Klutlmne a
gipsy, who, at thu prince's request, told
his fortune, and, oddly enough, she
nredlcted exactly what haB happened
since his rapid accession to tho
throne, foretelling tho trnglc circum
stances by which it would ho attend
ed, ns well as a long reign, wars, etc.,
loncludliig with the ominous words:
"Your death will bo caused by an Ill
ness coming from outside." Conse
quently cholera nnd the plaguo havo
no moro determined enemy than tho
Padishah; and If Constantinople of to
day boasts In tlmo of epidemic an al
most perfect Bystem of sanitation and
'advanced colleges for tho Btudy of hac-
tcilology, It owes them to tho gipsy
of Klnthane, and the Sultan's credul
i.y. Residence Not a Palace.
M. Dorys says Ylldlz, tho Imperial
rcsldenco at Constantinople, correctly
speaking Is not n palace:
No master conception, no reasoned
out plan Is vlslblo In this chaos of
buildings. "It looks," snld ono or his
architects, "as If the Sultan wero
camping out there, ready to fold his
tenta at tho first sign or danger." Thoy
build, pull down, build ngaln, without
ceasing or rest during tho entire three
hundred nnd sixty-five days of the
year. All this tlmo tho palaco nrchl
tccts havo to study, on nn average, two
hundred planB for now buildings. Hap
. plly for thorn, a great part of their
plans and estimates go tn slumber In
Chinese Policy
Tho Imperial Chlneso Consul Gener
al, Ho Yow, brother-in-law of the Im
perial Chinese Minister to the United
States, Wti Ting Fang, has discovered,
for the Examiner, the Chinese policy
toward the Exclusion bill.
After Consul Ocncral Ho Yow's dec
laration tho policy of temporary en
actment must be known as tho Chl
neso policy Its advocates as the Chl
ncso advocates.
"My sincere wish Is that It will be
the wlso policy of tho administration
and the Senate and the people of this
country to renew tho exclusion Act
temporarily and then have a commis
sion appointed to Investigate tho ad
vantages and disadvantages ot Chinese
immigration. That commission would
And that tho feeling in tho country
and in California, especially In the
south of the State, has changed In re
gard to Chlneso Immigration. I thor
oughly hope you will support mo In
my contentions."
This Important declaration of the
court policy of China was made by Ho
Yow before a distinguished company
gathered in the rooms of the Philo
math Club, corner ot Hush street and
Van Ness avenue. Superior Court
Judge M. C. Sloss and Supervisor
Payot represented the municipal au
thorities In the meeting. Heavy mer
chants nnd tho active young men of
tho city's business life were there,
though for the most part the audience
was composed of women who take an
interest in affairs superior to the pol
ishing of pots nnd pans. Mrs. I. I.ow
enherg, president of tho club, presided
nnd introduced the Consul General In
a Bpeech In which she said that the
relations of labor and capital mako up
thu woild's greatest problem, and
that the speaker would discuss the
Influence of Chinese labor on Ameri
can labor and capital.
(Ho Yow Was Nervous.
Then Ho Yow, stood up In his velvet
enp and elaborately figured silk
robes. From across the room a bust
of Danto Allgberl soured nt him. He
hind him was n replica of that winged
Victory which Otero says gave her
the hint for her stick-fast gowns. In
the company weie women fair enough
to make even an Oriental nervous.
And Ho Yow wns nervous. He spoke
without notes and picked his way with
careful tongue among the somewhat
unfamiliar Idioms. Hut he spoke "as
ono having authority."
"I am relying on a heart-to-heart
talk with tho cieam of the communl
ty," he said blandly, "and not nn ap
peal to tho Ignorant masses or the
theater gallery.
"Chlneso labor was first Introduced
enough. It not too much work already,
Abdul-llamld haB tho building mania
common among Orientals, who believe
that tho more a man builds tho longer
hu will live. . . . Tho Sultan had
tho telephone nnd tho elect rle light
put In his npnrtments, but has never
permitted their use In Constantinople
Indispensable, as they are In every
great capital, He thought that consplr
ac'es would be greatly facilitated by
tho telephone, ami for the same reason
he has forbidden the use of cairlet
pigeons. Although tho Inhabitants of
Constantinople nro condemned to
semi-darkness dining the entire life
time ot the Sultan, he hns, on the nth
er hand, authorized lighting by elee
trlcity nt Smyrna and Halonlca. Hal
loons, which might dinp dynamite
bombs Into the grounds of Ylldlz, arc
also forbidden.
Can Hoodwink Foreigners.
The Sultan ban at his command a
power of dissimulation which uuuhles
him to hoodwink completely foreign
crs coming In contact with htm:
Ho has tho gift of making himself
ngtecablo In order to win tho friend
ship of those who approach him, espe
cially foreigners. Ho tabes all kinds
ot pains to pteasu them, nnd It Is scl
dom that n European leaves him with
nut being fascinated by his cordial and
charming manner and exquisite tact.
The Sultan, In fact, practices tho art
of politeness nnd hospitality, not only
as an Oriental, but also as a European.
Nowhere ure foreign notabilities re
ceived as royally as at Ylldlz. and
even mere tourists passing through
Constantinople, and present nt Solum
lyk. will bo received jtvlth honors. It
they form a numerous party all kinds
of flattorlng nttentlons nro showered
upon them during the ceremony, and
beforo leaving they find n sumptuous
lunch, Borvcd an tho tcrrnio of tho
Ylldlz Kiosk. Cigarettes aro present
(Continued on Pngo 12.)
Is Temporary Exclusion
Minister Wu's Brother-In-
Law Tells of China!s
Wishes.
here by the railroads nnd not becauso
tho Chlneso are naturally a migratory
people. There was no whlto labor to
build your railroads .and Apen your
State; so you brought In tho Chinese.
Your encouraged them. The tlmo was
when tho Chinese nnd white Inhorcrs
walked hand In hand In your streets.
That feeling was terminated by thoJgcrs.
agitation of howling mnsscs.
"Now it Is alleged: First, that tha
Chlneso compete with your whlto la
bor; second, that if they are not re
stricted they will Invado your country
by millions; third, that they send all
tneir money nome, and, rourtn, that
they aro unaBslmllatlve. I will take
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nit ii i,j 1-1:1. us 11 is lam uuwii ujr uur
ci us ii is ibiii uown uy our
Every country has tho right
able and rational protection.
enemies.
to reasonable
but your religious and moral principle
Is. 'Do unto others as ye would that,
they should do unto you.'
"First, I contend that tho Chinese
do not compete wjth your whlto labor. J
The Chlncso enter a different class ol
work. True they once worked cheap-'
er than your white labor, but you who
have engaged cooks know that that
does not hold good now. Tho Chinese
do compete with European pauper la
bor and Japanese labor, but you will
not consider that your typical white
labor, nnd It Is too largo an undertak
ing for the United States to extend
protection against Chinese labor over
all the world.
What the Chinese Do.
"The Chinese do the lowest grade of
labor a labor that your white men do
not caro to do. EVc"ry grade In socie
ty except slavery must be filled, With
out the cheapest labor society cannot
progress.. You, gentlemen nnd ladles,
would havo to do your own cooking
and washing. So your white labor has
Its place. European Inbor has its
place. Oriental labor has Its place.
Without Chinese labor you could not
hnve constructed your railroads or
operated your canneries or furthered
your fruit Industry. You havo a bill
In Congress for the reclamation of
your arid lands. You cannot perfect
that work without cheap labor.
"In order that any community may
become great It must extend Its trade,
commerce nnd Industries. Tho United
States Is great becauso It has ex
tended nnd cxpnnded Its business. To
continue extension and expansion you
must havo cheap labor. If the Chlneso
furnish this labor they will become a
general benefit. Labor and capital
should both bo plentiful, so that all
may ho benefited. And it seems to me
you should show gratitude to the Chi
nese pioneers who built your railroads.
It seems hard to exclude them after
they havo worked faithfully and well.
"Secondly, It 1b Bald thcro will he a
general Chlneso Invasion It tho bars
aro let down. Why did tho Chinese
not como In beloro exclusion, when
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GUGLIELM0 MARCONI.
In bending a wireless signal across the Atlantic ocean Mr. Mnrcoul has
achieved something which gives him n place niuoiig the world's great
Imcntoi's and cnutes him to be ranked with Mors?, F.ojtoii and Edison.
the railroads sent them steamers and
offered every Inducement to comeT
Why have they not overrun countries
which havo no exclusion, laws Aus
tralia and Mexico, for Instance? The
Chinese who are here como from but
one of tho eighteen provinces of tho
empire Canton. Each province has
a different language. No other Chi
nese than one from Canton ever
came here except In tho diplomatic
service. If men from the other prov
inces came they would bo strangers
among tho Chinese here. They never
will como so far to be among stran-
Trading In Futures,
"Third, they say tho Chinese send
all their gold to China. That gold Is
the best missionary for your trade.
It makes Chinese families able to buy
your exports. In time tho money will
romc flowing back. You could not
have better drummers than the Chi-
'
neso who return to China or send
their money there. Ilcmcmhcr. China
1 19 ,10t yet open to your trade. Tho In-
neso who return to China or send
terlor Is Just opening to It. And when
the great demand for your products
comes you must bo ready to furnish
them. To do this you must have
cheap labor now and bo prepared for
the demand for unlimited orders, or
omn other ennntri- hm-in- i, ii.
and the products will step In nnd
take the trade.
Fourth, as to the Chlneso being
non-assimilative. Just now many evi
dences show you that It Is unwise to
assimilate the Chlneso or any other
foreign people Into your politics. You
engage Chlneso In business for busi
ness purposes. You must separate that
business from your political affairs.
What difference does It mako whetn-
er your laborer believes In going to
tho church or to thu theater? H you
employ a man to sweep your steps you
do not call him Into your parlor to
talk on religion and society.
"Tho Chinese Is non-asslmllatlvo un
der persecution, as tho Catholic waB
when he was persecuted, as tho Qua-
kers were, as the Jewish people were.
The Chinese hnvo no opportunity for
assimilation, yet the popular cry Is
that they don't assimilate, while In
tho samo breath thoy are denounced
as undeslrahlo for assimilation. Even
If thoy could bo assimilated they
would be dangerous.
Where Chinese Cannot Compete.
"And we are not cheap labor. In
our Chinese cannery wo employ more
whites than Chinese, becauso the
whlto boys and girls work for less
wages. We cannot competo with
your Bkllled labor. Our big cotton fae
torles of Shanghai. Hankow and
Hongkong nro going Into tho hands of
lecelvers because we had to employ
five times as many hands as your Mas
sachusetts factories. China is not a
self-supporting country. The Philip
pines Is tho stepping stone.to her vast
trade. This country has tho advan
tage In transportation In competing
for thnt trade. It haB the advantage
of tho country's friendship because of
your attitude In our recent troubles
Why not retain that advantage?'
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