The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-14
DENIED BY JAPAN
HAWAIIAN STORIES DENOUNCED
FOB sENsATIONALISM.

Great Extent the Exclusion of Certain
Immigrants Was in Violation of Treaty
-EmphaticalIy States That the War.
ship Sent Was to Keep the Japs Them
selves In Order and Not to Menace the
Hawaiian Government - Designs OF q
CoIonizing Nature are DIsclsimed.
Washington, April 13-The japanese
Legation has received telegraphis advices
from official sources in relation TO the re-
cent deportation from the Hawaiian
Islands of number Of japanese imni-
grants, which do agree entirely with the
accounts already published in this coun-
try. 1t appears, according TO these ad-
vices, that out of 66S japanese passen-
gers brought to Honolulu by the steamer
Shin Shinn-Maru, 500 voluntary passen-
gers and 146 contract laborers were sent
back to Japan. The Hawaiian authori-
ties refused to allow these people 10 lard
on the ground that the voluntary passen-
gers were not possessed of fifty dollars
in gold each, as provided in the landing
laws; and because the contract labOrers
! had not complied with the provisions Of
the landing laws in securing previous ap-
prevail of their contracts. The passen-
gers thereupon petitioned the supreme
court to set aside the decision Of the COL
/ hector general of customs forbidding
them to land, but the court rejected the
petition on the ground that the decision
of the collector general regarding the
| landing of aliens was final, and that the
japanese, not yet landed il the islands,
| had no right to petition.
/ The japanese consul general protested
against this action on the ground that
the exclusion Of the voluntary emigrants
was in violation Of treaty rights, what
! ever might be the case regarding the la
borer5 and their alleged failure to Sc
cure previous approval Of their contracts.
He himself had personally examined into
the facts regarding the voluntary immi-
grants and had found that they were all
in bona fide possession Of the amount of
money required by law in such cases.
So far as they, al least, were concerned,
the decision of the collector general ap-
peared to be in violation of law.
JAPANESE MEN-OF-wAR.
While it is true that one, not two, jap
aneSe men-of-war, as stated in the press
dispatches, has been sent to Hawaii, Off
Gals Of the japanese legation state most
positively that this action has not been
taken for the purpose of menacing the
Hawaiian government, bu. Simply to pre-
serve order among the Japanese resi-
dents il the Islands, who might possibly
become excited by what they regard as
a violation of the rights of their country
men. The japanese government believes
the difficulty is susceptible of settlement
by diplomatic negotiations. and it is as
serted at the lega tion that that will be the
only method resorted to. Irasmuch as
the Hawaiian government would only be
liable for indemnity to the persons sent
back for losses incurred by them, the
question is not regarder as one to pro-
woke serious irternationa. complications.
NO DESIGNS ON HAWAII
At the legation the statement that the
Japanese companies are attempting to
colonize Hawaii is denounced as fla
grant and absolutely unwarranted false
hood.
The Japanese minister especially depre-
Gates the stories to which this incident
has given rise. The position of his gov
eminent, he says, is very clear and ought
not to occasion any apprehension amorg
the friends of Hawaii in this country. The
japanese government. says the minister,
has no designs upon Hawaiin independ-
ence and no desire 10 provoke irritating
controversies. In this particular instance
ha %.-a -; al, -.
established treaty rights. which appear
to have been unnecessarily violated. Ac-
cordirg to the advices received al the le-
cation, the japanese who were refused
permission 10 land in Hawaii were denied
the rights OF employing counsel and the
right Of appea. to the Hawaiian courts.
and were not allowed to see the japanese
representative during their retention in
quarantine. These are all rights secured
20 them in express terms by treaty. Since
Japan has never manifested any but the
kindliest sentiments toward Hawaii. nor
given the slightest Indications Of any III
terror unfriendly purpose. the japanese
minister says that he is wholly unable TO
understand this sudden manifestation OF
a contrary feeling or the part of some
Hawaiian officials. He is emphatic IN re-
pressing the belief. however, that the cri-
SIS is not 50 serious as some of the SEN
sa:ional accounts given Of IL would seem
TO indicate, and that IT cannot by anv
possibility inlperi the good understand
ing which exists between this country
and Japan.
Yokohama, April 13.-The japanese
cruiser Namiwa will sail from this port
for Hawaii next Saturday, 10 provide
against contingencies which might grow
out Of the existing dispute with Hawaii
over the treaty authorizing immigration
f~nrrn L.