The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
WILD REPORTS IN HAWAII.
THEY THOUGHT, ONE DAY, THE JAP
ANESE MARINES WOULD LAND.

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Oar Marines, who Were Drilling Ashore, at
Once Returned TO Their v~esseis-The Cap
tain or tho Naniwa Laughed at the Rurnor
-No Reply ms Vet 70 Jnphn's Demand.
HONOLULU. .June 90. via San Francisco. June
o7-wbic there IA potbipp now IN the ~re,ntions
bctVv,cn the Hawaiian Government and Japap.
vat the denial nv the .Jananese Minister Of tho
rumor that his Government had Withdrawn ita
demands In the immiorntion disputa shows that
he Ia as pcrsistcnt as ever. and n his ~position ia
indorsed hv his oovernrnent tbcre "a surc IN be
tro,hla II,s eooond dor,.nd rnor Tho yIsva,ion
uoe sooonu upo w ~
government tor an explanation OF iUs ectioh IN
tho immigration cases was mailed TO Minister of
.,I.,... - - Ers".. -. -. -. -
ELECTED no ropiy' Ehorts rave been made ey
Il appear that ~relationa arc strained. hnt this "a
d %npp1 ho, In Nv .So s Hoso dho M,ni0tsr o ~ E orrS
Affairs and by Minister shimamura.
On Juno 10 the report was started that tho
warship Naniwa's marines would land before
noon and take possession Of the Custom House
and other Govornment hni,dings, The rsnort
Wv NV o'i'Ho. An' i'pois
spread with surprising rapidity, and was not
long in reaching the ears of Admiral Beardslee
on inc United states cruiser rhiladelphia- Inc
marines from the Philadelphia and Marion were
AamissI .an.. auaI., Iii .an
Il SOM spoo,si mo'eonsor 10 feonu' nen
70 IL Ncbbolb, anu tnclT TcJTcRU was 30 mhTk0Q
a. 10 add to the excitement When the Captain
OF tho Naniwa was questioned about the matter
Ss wa. .shoro vis,tinS srionJ. ona ho ,anahed
heartily over the report Minister sbimamura
,v,, olso amused hrt n onnnv.d . -. I'll
Then camo a story 10 the effect that the Nan
iva had been ordered home. and that the jap.
.no.o aoT.rnnont h,a ,vithdrawn a.. aon..na
for an explanation from the Hawaiian Govern
minissot ehihn""uf", VIM repo"Veu ""a' ne
had said previously, that his Government will
expianation OF the action Of the Hawaiian Gov.
eminent In rejecting the steamship Shinshu
There has been no correspondence between
this legation and tho hawaiian Minister Of
ter. "At that time i addressed a letter 10
Minister Cooper, repeating the demand, pre-
Two weeks have elapsed and sun I bave re.
ceiyed no answer OF any kind.
THE position is this" he continued: Before
ON board lett Honolulu made a formal protest
to the Minister Of Foreign Inairs. Ills answer
| received positive instructions from my Gov.
crnment, and made a demand upon The Hawaiian
Extracts from INV letter and from The answer
received from the Minister OF Foreign Affairs
have alres,dy appeared in the public prints.
peatod my demand. giving in full my reasons
Tor DONG SO. i am Stlll awaiting a reply.
\ demand Tor an indcmnity has bean r,nde
as it Is unnecessary as vet 10 touch on that
phase OF matter. Jhpan lns shawn M bostiiity
towari Hawaii in this mattep' We nsk simnIy
that justice be done II IL is proven that Hawaii
IL wrong. Those Japanese imnirrants loft their
homes under the laws Of their Government and
are innocent or any wrong intern in Coming
here. II agents of inImigration corSpnnies com.
mitted a wrong in bringing them here il Is the
duty Of this Government To punjsh them md
NOT their dupes. The agents were tried in the
courts here and acquitted. II there was notb.
ing wrong i'm their actions, upon what rrounis
were tho immIVrants sent hack Thai ia Tho
question / want answered by the Hawaiian
Govern ent.'
MIR Y. Ishikawa. editor Of III, Toxic .Shj,bun
who came here to inquire into the difticuity, re-.
turned home by tho Peru last week. When
asked as 10 the results OF his investipnt;on he
said: A' A'
ITO speak frankly, I have found the matter
convinced That the differences between Japan