The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-10
JAPAN IS FOR WAR.
PRESS OF THE COUNTRY GRINDING
oIT FIERCE EDITORIALS.
Steamship Aarsuyama Nsru Arrives
From the Orient with Late Papers
"A Record Breaking voyaxe-Has
Three firss-CIass PassenSers-
Fifteen Thousand Gases Of Tea 20
Be Distributed in the United states
and Canada-Reports the Empress
Of Japan.

TIE japanese press IS grinding on.
1erce editorials o. TIE pending annsxa-
ton rresty with Hawai-. anc Z these
oel.icoss paragraphs represent me Splri.
OF the nation. me war feeling s certain
~ rampant among The Japs. A number
O. late ssapSrs brought over by the y p
pen fEss5 ha1saa steamship MacSuyarssa
M2ru. which arrived here unexpectedly
after recor5-5-ea king voyage. are sGi
OF the subject
The Japan Daily Mall Of June "A edi-
tortsi'y says.
I. IS certainly true thai the little band
OF Americans who have zrroga-ef he
right 20 dispose ~ the Hawaiian Islands
are us1rpers. that they attained their
commanding position by a t-.ck and ,hat
they have cgt the slightest moral tile
to the properly which they are now quiet
ly undertaking % hand over 20 he Cai.ed
States
For ali purposes connected with an
nexRtion the situation remains exactly
as President Cleveland left X nearly .our
years ago. The evidence collected By rs
commissioner stands uare5ugted ~ any
fresh testimony. and the substantial
wrong that b. denounced remains as
substantial as ever. That IS the Sum-
bling block IN the path of annexation.
President Mckinley has not found *
stumbling block He has Unhesiratsngly
taken Up the position described by Presi-
dent Cleveland as shat Ct having actually
set Up temporary government on for
elgn soil for the purpose q acquiring
through that agency territory which we
had wroagfuily put in its possession.
and he has readily made himself q party
10 L bargain concerning which President
Cleveland said that II would be called
by a familiar and unpleasant name when
found IN private transactions
The kokumin ShlgnpUn contends that
Japan must handle The matter with hEgn
determine ten 20 shed blood. II need be.
FOR the maintenance OF the rights and In
teresis Of the 3. 90 japanese in Hawaii.
together with the prestige and honor Of
Japan. Il does not advise. however. that
such stern measures should be adopted
until every other method OF pacaacAtica
has failed
The Tokyo Shimbun says The var
ship Naniwa IS quite capable OF agording
the japanese in Hawai-! ample protection,
II additional meu-of-war are 10 be sent
anywhere. they should be sent In the form.
OF Z squadron 70 the other side % the Pa
cidc Unless We are determined 10 taks
that step IL necessary. how can Ne elfectu-
ally wipe away the indignity 20 when we
have been Subjected"
\ record breaking voyage between
j
Nippon Yusen kaisha was made by the
steamship Matsuyama Maru. Capt. Allen.
which arrived here yesterday about
twenty-four hours earlier than IVES ex
pectei. The voyage across was made
in thirteen days ana six hours. despite
head winds. The cargo OF about l91
tens was principally tea. there being in
all 1900 cases This came from Annoy.
China and Kobe and Yokoha ma. Japan.
i-rinIaE ~
OF Japan's famous mineral water, u bales
ot peanut, - rolls Of mating and guam
titles or rice. provisions shoya and
curios.
The cargo is destined Tor Seattle Ia
coma, Portland. Vancouver, Hamilton,
Canada London, Canada; Toronto CHI
cage New York, Cleveland, New Haven,
Montreal. Minneapolis. Ottawa, Winnipeg,
Boston and Philadelphia.
The Matsuysfna Maru brought three
first-class passengers. Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
s Howe ard Mr.. Theo. Kaiser There
was Japanese officer OF the y. Y. h IN
the second class. and in the s1eersge
were rhrse Europeans and three ORR
entails. The Fourth Of July was cele-
bra;e6 aboard b the introduction az dir
ner OF IA red. white and blue cake, dE2ped
with the stars and stripes.
or her way up the Sound yesterday
uorulrg the Natsuya anna AIaru passed the
United States bGttiSShfp oregon. CStelsl-
bly, on her way to Port Angeles. One
os the officers Of the merchant vessel,
commenting CT the rurlor OF trouble Y In
Japan. was disposed 70 attach hut little
importance 10 the prospect. which he con
sidered remote. The japanese appreci-
ate as well as anyone he sold. tn :
war with a grsat nation like he United
States would be very different rom a
skirmish with anCQuatsd China"
The Matsuysrna Will lie here about ten
days. and prospects are thai her cut
ard cargo Will he full enc. She VIII
make but ore more voyage here, and ~ill
then be displaced b. the new vessels.
two OF which are now beng f;ted cat
for this trade. These steamSnlps are
said 20 be larger and faster th3n any yes
SCI e the Northern Pacific.
4 dispatch 20 he Kobe Chronicle from
Tokyo. urteE date o. June =. says; \
telegram has bsen received from trust
worthy source 70 the esse-t that the Brit
isn government: OF ihe 18Th Inst. addressed
a protest - the United States goveruuH ~
against thu incorporation = Hawaii"
on re way over the Ea:suTarna spoke
the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress
of japan On Jaly AZ 50 Z. II. Il lafi-
tuae 20 degrees 80 minutes north. lonri-
rude IT9 degrees IS minutes east. The
Empress reported al! vel"
The Ninoon Tasen kaish2 steamship
Tensh!u Msru. Capt. Browne. which has
been here several times was stranded
June IS near FEkuyau.a- Hokkoido. She
MAS f.catsd three days later.