The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-07

oWu mOuJn' ne Says Iudb ue Wao
aware that the ditch into which, for
his purses sake, he emptied his sinks
and closets, and into which he was
also aware that his pious neighbors
were also emptying their sinks and
closets, was menace to the neigh
borhood; breeding, as he says it
did, forms OF fever and dipht heria;
and yet he made no protest nor dis
continued the acts which he was do
ing to pollute the stream. This
conduct, however, was on a par with
the aiding and abetting the furnish
ing of alcohol to the Indians of
Alaska, that thrift might follow.
And yet Mr.. Hall and his pious
neighbors set themselves to the task
of picking notes out Of the eyes Of
the wronged, but patient Hawaiians
Go to, ye hypocrites!l
The Advertiser has found a man
who smelt at red herring all the
time the cholera was with us, and is
yet alive and we'll. Gle probably
refrained from eating it then, as he
couldn't quench the thirst it would
create, owing to the saloons being
closed.) When the cholera was
over, he swallowed the herring and
still didn't take it. So it appears he
has addressed a memorial to the
Executive Council asking that his
name be placed on the roll OF the
ever-faithful patriots, and that in
distribution of the next periodical
series of testimonials" granted for
eminent services to the Republic,
his name should not be forgotten.
His claim is just. He has done as
much as any other "ever-faithful
patriot" to have a testimonial pre-
sented to him, and probably more
than many who now enjoy the gov
ernment loaves and fishes.
Consul General Shimizu made a
report on the condition of Japanese
labor in these islands. The Nichi
Nichi Shimbun published the sub
stance of it. The Advertiser repub-
lished that article and then fell foul
of Mr.. Shimizu for the expressions
contained in it, where he pointed
out that the politicians here we're
adverse to the further introduction
OF. Asiatic labor and that the plan
ters favored it. And that the latter
claimed if it were stopped, the re-
suit would be the collapse of the
whole trade from which the revenue
OF the country is now derived. Most
of the Advertiser comments fall fiat
when it is seen that it comments on
a translation only of Mr.. Shimizu's
remarks and that the translator has
in one case pat the politicians down
as being the Hawaiian Govern
ment." Evidently in Japan a poll
tician is always in the government.
Important and serious considera-
tiols lie behind Consul General
Shimamura's answers to an Adver-
tiser representative on the labor
question. Said he:
"There has been more or less diff
Guilty regarding that important ques-
tion The Japanese Government
feels that the terms of the treaty
havy not been kept"
The Advertiser reporter then in
CURED:
"Do you think the matter OF abro-
eating the treaty has been seriously I
considered by your governmentp
And Mr., Shimamura answered:
"Perhaps not seriously, but it has
been considered. l have special in
structions regarding the labor ques-
ton, and it is one that will require
careful consideration before any de-
cisive action can be taken. pro-
pose to investigate thoroughly the
cause for complaint first. The views
Of the Hawaiian Government differ
in many respects from those of
Japan, and if the Government here
cannot change them, even to the
extent of living up to the terms of
The treaty, why
"You will abropate?"