New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-10
COLONIES FROM JAPAN.
GREAT NUMBERS OF FARMERS IN HAWAII
SETTLEMENTS IN VARIOUS ISLANDS.
Yokohama. Japan, December H.

Yokohama, Japan, December II.
The sending Of cmigrants from Japan 70
Hawaii is resumed and this month tue lahaSilro
Naru Of the Japan Mail Steamship Llnc taxes
lI23 japanese settlers 10 those i,aldN FOR
many years past the sugar planters III taW"lI HdNc
had great trouble in the proper WORKING OIL tnrl
plantations The natives being too INDECENT, Inc
experiment of importing Chinese coolies from
Hong kong and Canton for work on the plal'a-
lions was tried For several years the Chinese
laborer, worked induotrouSy and gave no trol-
bic Pleased with the success Of their expert
mcnt the sugar planters began TO import thousands
of coolies until now there are something INV
fifty thousand scattered throughout the ls"''i'''
As their numbers began To increase "iHc",' ''
arose There H. no nation on the lace "I INV H'''
50 full Of guilds secret societies an" -'"'
cusscdne-~ as the innocent-looklhS' dli"'"" '''
Celestial All that il necessary II 4 shiu'ieh' nun"
her of them and then they begin theT uH "'"'
tions Strikes were frequent WIN tue l"HN ~
their crops staring them in the lace 'he Pi'''''
had 10 come to the terms demanded clSe no ""'
men conId De got and tl,c cane would he ruined
After submitting this state Of affairs Tor 9'Ne'a
wears the planters began to look about Ioi way
out of the difficulty
\ DELEGATION was sent 10 Japan last winter 10
iptroduce Iapancsc farmers and their families lh"
tho islands This effort mainly through thc eN-
crtions Of the Hon Paul Ncumann, ilawaiiah AZ
tnrnev. General and the Hawaiian Minister L"
.J,uan. was successful The japanese Government
wa. favorably disposed 10 the increment, ana mas
lent considerable aid to it, The llawaiian Oapih''
Guaranteed the faithful adherence 10 the lhuu'e
mcnts offered TO japanese settlers. ana agents
were sent throughout the Empire to assist III the
transportation OF such japanese - wished !" avail
themselves o! the terms The piant"rn '"h" Nlr'"-
ally controlled the Hawaiian Kingdom offered -
each bona idc settler free passage to Honolulu
occupation on the plantations immunity from
taxation for two Years. house and = small tract
If land tnc services of attorney in seeing ihat
their rights were not infrngcd upon III any man
ncr and lastly free passage back ~ l"K'haihh
at the end Of one year from arrival an II"noiIin
.boplJ ibc cmicrant not be satisfied with LIS
status on the plantations. tnucr 'i'' ""''''
offers about twenty thousand Iapanc-c. prnci-
uaIly men left japan for Honolulu. ia" expert
men, WAS a success for both planter, and laborcr'.
The former obtained quici. aw-abdng and in
dnstrions class of men, we'll suited 10 the cmat" of
I'm, islands who were 10 some extent familiar with
the cultivation Of the sugar while Ia" latter
obtained homes IN a pleasant climate with hehicr
work and better pay than they were accustomed To.
>pccial Inducements have since been offered by thr
Hawaiian Government 20 ill up and Increase tie
SLOWLY decreasing population due TO the dying
out Of the native islanders. Efforts are being
made 10 free the islands of the Chinese cool cs and
large numbers Of them have lrcn sent TO work
on the coffee plantations IN Central America, ana
many others have returned 10 China.
The japanese bid fair 10 become the farming
class of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and At the rate
at which they are being tnkcn from Japan they
will soon supply abundant labor for all Tie
plantations. a. we'll as. perhaps. tie general work
Of the Kingdom Steamers sail from Yokohama
for Honolulu every three or four weeks, and carh
vessel carries 1900 or moro settlers, mostly farm
ers and their families.
The japanese Cabinet is greatly in favor OF
the settlement OF japanese in any OF the ISLANDS
Of the Pacific and countries on the cast coast
of Asia The Parliament has tried several times
to send out colonists and has succeeded III several
instances. 30 that now Japan has several flourish
ing colonies in Corca, the Ladronc, BONN Loochoo
and Caroline groups of islands. Japan has TWO
great incentives for this cour~r namely, The
annexation Of territory and the extension OF her
commerce Parliament at the last session passed
several acts toward these ends, and the Navy ana
State Departments have gone into the work "I'l
more than usual activity Several mcn-Oi-war
have been sent on exploring expeditions among
the South Sea Islands 70 select such Islands ~
were most suitable for establishing settlements
upon and which were not a. yet claimed BY any
European Power These vessels have not yet re-
turned from their duties, but Judging by the num-
Der of colonists recently sent To- the Ladronc and
Ioochoo islands the reports thus far sent in must
have been favorable