Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-14
AWAITS CRISIS.
Continued from First fage.)

or otherwise. Their reported talk both In
Hawaii and in Japan, in the native news
papers and on the streets, is to the effect
that Hawaii belongs and must continue to
belong to them.
When Paramount Commissioner Blount
was about to order the American flag to be
lowered and the American marines to re-
turn to the Boston, the apprehension was
felt and expressed that following the with
drawal of the Americans Japanese from
their warship. the Naniwa now again IN
Honolulu harbor). would march in and take
possession. Rather than permit this ap-
prehension to interfere with consumma-
ton so desirable from Japan's point OF
view as the hauling down of the American
flag. the Naniwa was ordered away from
Honolulu.
Concerning the tendencies of the Japan
csc on the islands, Admiral Walkers re-
port of 1884 states the truth concerning
them according to the consensus Of opin-
ion. except that it is thought that the re-
suit of the recent Japanese victory over
China has been to intensity their restless
ness, self-assertiveness and political ambi-
tons. Admiral Walker said: They are in
clined to be turbulent, they stand together
a solid body, and their leaders are said
10 nave pOuliCal aHDltlOnS ana propose 10
claim for their free men the right to vote
under the conditions with which that right
is granted to other foreigners. They are
brave people, with military instincts, and
would fight IL aroused to violence
Reciprocal Discourtesies.
A popularity in the quarrel between ia
pan and Hawaii IS that each of the 'wrang
1ers finds more cause of complaint in the
others manner of conduct and in alleged
discourteous behavior than in the original
act upon which the controversy is based.
In the beginning the most heated COM
plants at Toxic were not that immigrants
were excluded. but at the manner in which
1t was done; at the alleged discourtesy Of
change of policy and OF construction of
the law by Hawaii without the slightest
notice to Japan. whose people were thereby
injured: at the alleged brusque refusal of
the Hawaiian foreign minister to allow
counsel to see the rejected immigrants, and
at other similar alleged rudenesses. Some
of the Hawaiian officials, on the other
hand, found in the tone of Count Okuma's
first communication in the immigration
controversy an arrogance of assumption
which would not in their opinion have been
employed in dealing with a strong nation
toward which show of courtesy was nee
esSary.
Another Japanese grievance against Ha-
wall which rivaled in intensity that based
upon the exclusion of immigrants was the
increase by the Hawaiian government of
the duty on sake. the Japanese intoxicant,
from 10 cents to 81 per gallon, duty al
most prohibitive. The new tariff goes into
effect today and the Picking, which brought
al annexation news to the satisfaction of
part of the community, brought also, to
the delight of the Japanese, vast ship
lead of sake, which was yesterday unloaded
and put through the custom house at a
saving of nearly SO on the duty in
force today.
Two Superscnsitive Opponents.
Both of the contending governments are
exceedingly sensitive and apprehensive lest
they be treated otherwise than with the
Difference that is due to Independent civil
lied nations. Japan is just entering the
family of treaty powers, and is very much
afraid that she will not be recognized by
everybody on terms of equality. She Is
quick to view as insulting any apparent
discrimination against her. AS a new
conner in a more elevated stage of interna-
tiCnal society she suspects every one of a
disposition to snub her. to laugh at the cut
of her garments and to criticise her man
rers. Hawaii is a nation, but not power,
lacking organized army and navy, and a
homogeneous, loyal population from which
to develop military strength To be sure,
one of the Japanese papers said that the
excluded immigrants were induced to re-
turn to their steamer by the firing of blank
cartridges from the guns in the Honolulu
forts. Blu, unfortunately the forts and the
guns in the forts of Honolulu are as blank
the alleged cartridges.
Japan, which has won recognition as
treaty power mainly through recent
achievements in war, is surprised and
shocked at the high handed" acts and
words of this little republic which has
neither army, navy nor Notifications to en-
title it to consideration. And the Anglo
Saxon republic fiercely resents what 1t con-
siders the threatening arrogance of Mon
golian power, which has merely furnished
1t with coclie laborers for it's sugar planta-
tions and upon that fact alone bases an eff
fort to intimidate, dominate and finally alb
sorb it,
ton of the Japanese.
Undoubtedly the Japanese coolies came
to Hawaii as scmi-slaves, merely to labor
for contract period of servitude and to
return to Japan. They were not recog-
nized as among the responsible people
of the islands any more than was the
Asiatic buffalo, imported to work in the
rice fields. But the Old has been trans
formed into the New Japan. and before
the eyes of alarmed Hawaii a similar
transformation is working In the $1,000
Japanese within it's borders. who seem