New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-20
HAWAII AND THE JAPANESE.
EX-MINISTER THURSTON GIVES HIS
VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.
SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE ISLANDS TO DEAL wrTH-AN-
NExArIoN THE ONLY SALVATION
or THE COUNTRY
TBY TEL EcRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.J
Washington March le.--Lorin A. Thurs'oh the
former Hawaiian Minister here. whose paSspoi"
wcro returned by the Cleveland Administration
has hsen In Washington for some weeks WIN
view 10 promoting coser politica. and com'ei''a'
relations between the United states ana ha"a''
Discussing the news from San Francisco t"a' '''e
Hawaiian Government had recently refused u anu"
some japanese laborers 20 lard al hohou'u anu '.e
general problem Of stemming an invasion OF Japan
csc with which the new republic is confronted MT
Thurston sad this afternoon:
"Oro Of tho legaces which the republic lnherited
from the monarchy was treaty with Japan "'iuc,
tho terms Of which AL Japanese nave uhi''hi'e'
right of incress into Hawaii. By another cause Vi
,bo treaty II cannot he amended or abrogated ex-
~, hy consan, OF both parties. Until recenty no
Janancse were allowed by Japan TO come to Hawaii
excon, under labor contracts. which the HAWAIIAN
Government, guaranteed should "e cart'eu o"' !"
favor Of the laborer. Recently the Japanese roNcr
ment has changed its policy In this respect anu
aIows free emigration to Hawaii. Four or 'ive I'M
ub,ch comnanies for the last year have been bring
ing .arre numbers OF free Japanese Immigrants 10
Hawaii There now five lines oil steamers Ne
tween Honolulu and Japan. making monthly 'i'pS'
and every steamer that comes into hono.u-u u'''ss
from $50 10 80 japanese, who are turned loose y"
the community withou: any Knowledge or chech on
the part OF the Government Oh VIII '"'' 'e - '
they propose 10 do ~ 8,
AS tho amount Of employment In the isahus Is
necessarily limited, 1t IL serious question "ne'e
or not this importing OF men. almost uha'oo''
nanIed by women Will not al an carry ua'e '''S
entirely natural causes, create large o"''o'
abe mass OF men without employment. and without
means. IT,, Cr,mor,
"a sbor, time since the Hawaiian Government
IN ordor n meet any such contingency, passed "a"
prohibiting the landing Of any person III iiaMd' u''
.ess he possessed cash 10 the amount Vi CIV "
next lot of immigrants who arrived ai'e' inc Ia"
nas rossea nroduccd orders on the japanese Bank
IN Honolulu for So each, which were presenter 10
tho Customs House officers az the equivalent OF so
,,h cash The Government had information that
.bo orders were fictitious. in tina: they were simply
meant 10 get the men ashore, and that "heh pre-
n.ed at the bank they would be surrendered WIFI
ont paymen. good-sized shipment OF japanese
was under these conditions sent back to Japan
The next move was for every japanese TO produce
fifty odd dollars in Japanese paper money whch
t. M, current In Honolulu, but is convertible INTO
Hawaiian money AT the Japanese Bank The Gov
ernmen: was Informed that this money was pelnS
furnished 10 the men by the Immigration COM
panies for the simple purpose OF evadng the la"'
and that when the money was presented 70 the
hank for change. it was taken mp precisely as the
nra,ious orders had been. The Government accord
ins:y allow lot OF these men TO iand-
The Japanese took ont habeas corpus proceedings
and the Government being unable 10 prove that the
money did not belong bona iide 10 Inc immigrants
the court allowed them TO land.
This was several months ago. and since then the
Immigrants have been coming In in constantly IN
crcasing numbers 1t is moral certainty that the
money produced by the immigrants Is provided By
some third party for the purpose OF eVadihg te
law but heretofore the Government has been unable
TO prove It. Each OF the immigration companies
freely states that the others arc working IN this
fraudulent manner. but protests innocence on us
own part The arrest by the Government of the
537 immigrants stated Is undoubtedly owing to It's
having obtained evidence which Is deemed sum-
Client 10 warrant the action taken. ,.
y have no idea nat dr ns pacon aSans Ha
waii but unless something can be done 10 STOP me
this peaceful invasion accomplish far more than
they could hope 70 by force by the census ,aKel
"a ooo~more than any other nationality except ma,
tive Hawaiians, who numbered $500 Within I'VE
Years from now II the present rate OF japanese
ir migration to Hawaii continues they VIII be
majority OF the inhabitants OF tne en,ife Sot", ny
III
I'm the long run, there, is no possible Compel
ton between Asiatics snd e, :, no ,onsar l.
a question of competition, but tnere II licNl
substitution OF me one ior M Moreover with the
population OF the islands consisting OF maJorlX
Of japanese citizens Japan and the japanese VIII
acquire the same moral rights ina, that the 'Hdhuefs
arc to-day claiming in South Africa
NO OPPOSITION TO ANNEXATION.
Annexation of Hawaii and the United States
can be accomplished without opposition fro"
orv resnonsble quarter What changes the future
NAV bring about no one can tell. IL Is inc "eii-
nigh universal belief in Hawaii tina. the present
extraordinary movement from Japan 70 Hawaii Is
mart Of n systematic plan. WITH the luli hPpsoraii
Of the Japanese Government to gam conto. 81 sa
Islands Whether this is so or not cannos say
Cer,ainv no more sure or certain rne,hou VI - a.
complishing that result can De lonoWeo "'"" '
which Is now in course OF employment u do 7 do
''What the Hawaiian Government VIII VIII W. lily -,
M, know as have no official connection WIN H.
If II does not stop the INVASION Anglo IN corm
trv II the Hawaiian Government attempts 10 n' r.
criminate against Japanese as Is no" IVY ~, 'srt ~
Chinese. it VIII be met ny h, ibere Is violation
NJ the treaty. II Hawaii wcr big enough. sn
could abrogate the treaty anyway on oc sgpt ~
an" t,Somcnden, country; but II she does this ana
Innan chooses to insist upon the continuity 9i tns
treaty. the Hawaiian Government VIII "e "'P
THE rovallsts Of Hawaii recognize that Nationa'
existence IS at stake and nav TO Vet bn nteG
States as the sole salvation OF the country Ion,
Japanese DONNA ton. as the treaty ~ ,i,n
q clause which allows the United States 10 legis-
iote against the Introduction OF japanese IaboIers
, ~ ocn MAJ acton will he taken by the United
STATES Government concerning the subject Oh au-
nexaton II that question IL not acted npon so o
n grave issue will soon arise between Ha~an ana
Iaoon the outcome Of which no one can UNDERTAKE