The herald., 1897-07-25
When the BritOn Wants to
Annex
SEVERAL SOUTH SEA ISLES
HOOKED TO WITHOUT ASKING
QUESTIONS
The Hawaiian-Japanese Question Re-
mains in Statu Quo-Japan Anx-
1ous for Amicable Settlement


1
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-Th
steamship China arrived today from tn
Orient via Honolulu and was DELAYED II
quarantine for some hours owing to
suspicious case of sickness in the steer
age, which, however, proved to be moth
ing more serious than bilious fever. Sh,
brought advices from Honolulu as fol
lows:
counsellor Akiyama, who was sent tt
Hawaii by the japanese government a.
special commissioner on the Naniwa re,
turned to Toxic on the 14th.
THE Japanese question remains II
statu quo," said Attorney Genera
Smith. I'VE have given our views
which happen to be Numerically oppo.
site those of Japan, and there we are
The last phase was submitted to Minis.
ter Shimamura about two weekseago
and he felt 1t his duty to submit the mat
ter to his home government.
In all of our Intercourse with him
Minister Shimamura has shown himself
to be anxious to have the trouble set
tied amicably and with as little difficulty
as possible. Both publicly and privately
he has been all that anyone could de-
sire. He is carrying out the instruc-
ton of his government in asking us to
accede in certain things which we cannot
do. He does not feel that he can give
way, and that is our position. We have
certainly made no Roadway, and it does
not look as though We can under the
present conditions.
You understand that we claim the
right to pass and enforce laws which
regulate immigration to this country.
In one of the first communications re-
ceived from Minister Shimamura on the
subject he admitted that right but later
he claimed for his government that the
enforcement of such a law was in direct
violation of the clause in the treaty
which gives subjects of Japan the same
rights as those of the most favored ma
ton.
What do think if Japan would sever
her treaty relations with Hawaii? Why,
she would be thrown out of court So
far as this difficulty is concerned. 1 do
not know what the general result would
be. The treaty has been mutually bene-
fetal. Our interests have been benefited
by the japanese and those people have
been benefited through earning money
for themselves and their families"
When arbitration was suggested as
the only solution of the dilemma Mr..
Smith ventured no opinion
Admiral Beardslee has notified Capt.
Book that he has no intention of sending
the Marion away. The vessel is now be-
ing thoroughly repaired at this port.
F. Ross, a fireman belonging to the
United States ship Marion, was drowned
on the 18th while bathing alongside the
ship. The body was recovered two days
later and buried here.
The missionary steamer Morning Star
arrived from San Francisco this morn
ing.
ENGLISH ANNEXATION
The schooner Norma arrived from the
South seas on the 18th. While the YES
sci was cruising on the long voyage,
Captain Rosehill secured sufficient evil
dence to warrant the belief that England
has been taking formal possession of a
number of small fertile islands in that
inquire who the owners might be. There
are many lagoon islands that are very
fertile but uninhabited. These are now
being brought under cultivation for
English companies, who are planting
cocoanut groves and other tropical fruits
for the export trade.
The most marked evidence of English
possession was found on the Palmyra
group, situated in something like lati-
tude north and longitude 100 west.
This is considered the more remarkable
because the islands. which are of the
lagoon formation and some fourteen in
number, have been owned by the Ha-
waiian government since 1862, and are
published as such in South Sea island
Biographies. They were taken posses
sion of formally in the name of the Ha-
Waiian government in 1862 by a master
mariner who was given to exploring. Al
that time a house was erected on the
largest island, vegetables planted about
the place and white man and several
natives landed there as colony. The
venture did not succeed at the time and
all evidence of the old building has dis
appeared.
1T had not visited Palmyra island fol-
perhaps a dozen Years until Mr.. Cozens
a planter who came with me from HUI
Island, and l went ashore a few weeks
ago." said Captain Rosehill. "Almos
the first thing that attracted our atten-
ton on the island was the remnant of ar
cid flagpole, at the foot of which proc
lamation written on cloth, but for the
most part effaced by the weather, wa;
rallied to a stout piece of planking. We
could only make out enough of the word
ing to indicate that the sign was proc
lamation declaring the islands among
the possessions of Great Britain. Evi
IDENTIFY a party had landed from man.
of-war there a short time ago and re-
manned there for some time, for the ten
stakes were still in the ground, anG
heaps Of ashes remain where camp fires
had merrily blazed. Bits of clothing
and trapping picked up about the place
bore the initials of H. M. s. Penguin.
JAPANESE ADvICES
The China brings japanese advices tc
July Z, The Japanese papers contain
more fully an interview with Count
Okuma. the Japanese minister of for.
eign affairs, brief synopsis of which
was telegraphed from Vancouver few
days ago. In an interview, which was
published In the Yomiuri, Count Okums
Is quoted as saying relative to the pro