Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-12
AMENITIES OF LIFE IN HONOLULU
The Mutinous Situation on the
Steamer olympia.
TIL E RACE EELIN G.
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.


Francis NJ. Hatch, the present minister of
foreign affairs, would take his place. 1t is
now known that although Mr.. Hatch had
not then consented to go, Mr.. Castle took
the Office for only six months, with the
promise of being relieved at the end of that
time. 1t was considered highly expedient
by this government not to leave the Wash
ington embassy very long vacant, lest it
should be construed as exhibiting resent
ment at the request for Mr.. Thurston's re-
call, and to be made reason for recalling
the American minister from Honolulu.
Also unforeseen occasions might arise at
Washington for the special services Of
diplomat, even before the assembling of
Congress in December. BY that time Mr..
Hatch hopes to assume the duties of the
office.
Mr. Hatch is slightly understood and
slender, perhaps forty-tive years old. His
appearance conveys the impression of
acuteness and vigilance, well as of a
not uncongenial disposition. We have
among us perhaps no man who better looks
the keen lawyer and capable diplomat. His
locks do not belle him. He stands in the
foremost rank of our legal fraternity, with
Hartwell and Thurston. AS minister of
foreign affairs he has shown distinguished
ability, for which there has been Special
call since the insurrection, in dealing with
claims for redress and damages preferred
by England and America for various indi-
viduals who experienced seventies for their
connection with that attempt. His appoint
ment has received general commentator,
even from foes of the government, as one
altogether fitting.
Mutiny on the Olympia.
After fifty-one days sojourn at these is
lands the United States cruiser Olympia
sailed on the 2Sth for Asiatic waters. She
has lain in all some ten days near Honolulu,
but too far outside Of the harbor to allow
her form to become familiar to Honolulu
people Last week the recollection was re-
vived of there having been serious trouble
at San Diego among the ships company, in
the form of dissatisfaction and mutinous in
dications among the men. Something of
that sort occurred here, as much at least as
the following: On account of fear of cholera
infection supplies of fresh grub" from the
shore had been strictly prohibited On the
18th, however, while the Olympia was talk
ing in coal from a-launeh alongside, supplies
of fresh food were taken aboard for the Of
!icers. This was followed by a stand being
taken by the sailors that they must also
have the same privilege, which was only
reasonable. If lieutenants could eat shore
grub without danger of infection sailors
might also do so. Their demand was grant
ed, but not until some demonstration had
been made to the extent of the men in a
body refusing to handle the coal.
During the whole of her five weeks stay at
'
the officers freely went ashore, the crew had
no ''shore leave whatever. This was GER
tainly great hardship. The town is a very
small and quiet one where the men could
not easily get into trouble 1t is possible
that deSertionS were feared; but it must be
a bad state of things on ship when fear of
assertions stops all shore leave. 1t was cur
rent rumor here that the men We're disposed
to desert; and this was strengthened by the
coxswain of a boat last week at the wharf
walking Off and being seen no more.
1t seems to be pretty well ascertained that
the captain of the Olympia is lacking in the
best governing qualities, and that the eXecu-
tive officer is harsh and severe. The doctor
also has been extremely strict and fussy in
his precautions against infection by cholera.
Altogether, it is evident that the ships
pany have not been enjoying very agree
able time during their stay in Hawaiian
waters.
Hawaiian Journalism.
Some surprise is felt here at the circula-
ton by the press of vaporings about affairs
in Hawaii by a person calling himself Julian
D. Hayne. He is reported as telling such
absurdities as that this government has
steadily run behind at the rate of $4,000
month; that kaiulan. will be on the throne
in eight months, and that Lorrin A. Thurs
ton is in favor of her! Thurston continues
in the highest confidence of the executive,
and is wanted for the foreign office in Mr..
Hatch's place, but feels constrained by his
crative law practice. Hayne has a special
spite against the government for report
which they sent of his career in Honolulu
to persons in Florida who inquired about
him. and who wanted to know If Hayne was
really a wealthy coffee planter, as he was
represented. Hayne has been publishing a
little magazine called The Hawaiian. In
this he has been busily roasting the mis-
slonaries' and the government. The very
scurrilous tone of the magazine would be
apt to discredit it with discerning people.
Poor Kaiulani has a sorry set OF advocates.
A weekly newspaper called the Hilo Trib-
une is about to be issued at the important
town of Hilo. 1t will support the republic.
but will dissuade from annexation 1t is
printed in the interest of the planters or
Hlo, who do not desire annexation IL
would interfere with their imported Asiatic
contract labor, which they are accustomed
to consider Indispensable to their success IN
growing sugar cane 1t Is Also the TACT that
four-fifths of the planters and their white
employees in that district are British sub
iects, mostly Scotchmen, who naturally
gravitate away from political union with
the United States. A much larger BODY OF
the Hilo whites are Americans, and strong
for annexation.
Indignant Japanese.
The Japanese in Honolulu worked them
selves up into high dudgeon against the gov
eminent for having as they alleged, pre-
vented the steamer China, fortnight since,
| from bringing here the Yokohama mails.
| They said the government had instructed
their agents in Yokohama to prevent the
| mails coming. in order to injure and dis
| courage the Japanese in Hawaii. The truth
was that the China refused to take the
| Yokohama mails. by order of her owners,
because that was an infected port. In like
| manner the China refused to take our mails
| to San Francisco, but yielded to pressure
| which We were able to put upon her These
| Japanese still feel sure that the govern
r1ent is their enemy, because Portuguese
| and Chinese contract immigrants have been
| favored instead of Japanese. There is no
| real hostility to the japanese but as their
numbers had grown to exceed those of the
| Chinese and Portuguese combined, change
| it.
| The royalists are circulating a report that
| the government intends to dishand the COM
| pany Of enlisted men, in order to retrench.