The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-11

posed to him TO accompany him to
Canton, whence he could reach St
Petersburg without danger.
| Leaving the Russians at Oahu I'M
| der command of the hunter Taraka
noff, Schefier set out on his voyage in
July, 1917.
Thus were frustrated all Schetfer'S :
plans for the firm establishment Of
| the Russians in the Sandwich Isl
ands.
This experiment cost the company
about go, 900 paper rubles, an irrepar-
able loss.
Subsequently vessels were repeat
/ eily sent from the Colonies TO the
! Sandwich Islands to collect the
amount due by Tomari, but they re-
turned without having succeeded. In
! 1919, Smith, the company's commits
| siouer, during his stay at Oahu, had
an interview with Tomari, who
/ expressed his readiness to pay for the
! articles taken from Scheffar, but he
/ did not do il. The ship "KOdiakn
| which had been left at the islands,
was sold by the company TO a for
I eigner for a very low price.
In the meantime, Tarakanoff, with
( his men, made an agreement in ISIS
lSlT p with an An srican named
! johnson, TO take them on board his
! ship in order 10 fish on the coast of
California, and in this way he arrived
at New ArchSngeL
In lSlS, Scheffer presented a memo
rial TO the Minister of the Interior, in
which he stated at great length all
the advantages to be derived from
trade with the Sandwich Islands, and
from the occupation Of one of them
for the establishment of q Russian
factory, stating at the same time, the
number of vessels and men necessary
for the execution OF the enterprise.
The Minister asked the company's
opinion concerning Scheffar's project
The council of the company, together
with the Board of Directors, after re
lating all the circumstances connect
ed with the experiment already made
with regard to the foundation of an
establishment in the Sandwich ISL
ands, replied that, for its part, il ad-
mitted the truth of Scheffer's argu-
ments as 10 the advantages which
might rebound to the colonies of
Kamschatka and Okhotsk from ob.
tanning supplies from the pro-
ducts of the Sandwich Islands,
especially if it should have
possession of one of them, but that
before proceeding to the execution of
the enterprise, 10 such extent as might
be found expedient, the company
would wait the commands of the
Government.
Upon the presentation to the EN-
perOr of the aforementioned project,
with the opinion of the Council and
the Board of Directors, his Majesty
gave orders TO announce: THAT,
having commanded the company,
under the most favorable circum- |
stances, to wit: at the time when |
Tomari was well inclined towards the !
Russians, and when he, of his own
accord, asked for the protection of |
Russia, TO decline that proposal, and |
TO limit itself to friendly commercial |
relations with the Sandwich Islands. |
His Majesty based his de cisiOn on the |
firm conviction of the ineXpedieney |
of closer relations to the said chief, |
which inexpediency was afterwards |
demonstrated by the facts themselves; |
hence, he is so much more of the |
opinion at the present time that the
hope of the establishment of the
Russians on one of the Sandwich
Islands has very little foundation, but,
at the same time, approving the COM
pany's intention 10 establish friendly |
relations with the chiefs of the Sand
wich Islands, and wishing it success,
his Majesty hopes that, by means of
judicious measures and the careful
selection of the agents who are to
carry out the cOmpany's instructions,
il will obtain the same advantages as
ii would have done from an establish
ment on the islands, and he promises
that the instructions shall be given TO
the commanders of all Government |
vessels going round the world to an
nOunce everywhere in those remote
regions that the company is under his
Majesty's protection. AS regards the
presents intended to be given in the
Emperor's name to Tomsri, the chief |
of the Sandwich Islands, he leaves it
TO the eompanY's discretion to make
such use of them as it may see fit.
In accordance with this expression |
of the Emperor's will, the relations of
the Company with the Sandwich |
Islands We G thencefOrth confined to
procuring there, whenever favorable
presented itself, supplies
Of provisions, and especially of salt.