The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-12
HAWAII AND JAPANESE.
Chief Justice Judd Talks of the
Immigrants.


Immigrants.
The Rochester IN. " Democrat and
Chronicle of April 18th, has the fol-
lowing interview with Chief Justice
Judd: Among the visitors in this city
yesterday was Chief Justice A. F. Judd,
of the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian
Republic Mr.. Judd and his two sons
are guests at the home of Thomas
Chester, on Granger place, where they
will remain until after the Easter sea-
son. Justice Judd was associated for
some time with President Dole on the
Supreme Court bench and was connect
ed with the recent revolution which
created the Island Republic of the Pa
cific. He also had something to do with
the japanese immigration restriction
laws over which there has been no
small amount of trouble of late at Ho
noIuIu When seen yesterday by
Democrat and Chronicle reporter and
asked TO explain the Hawaiian-Japan-
csc situation, he said:
I'm 1894 we passed laws prohibiting
Japanese immigration, copying the
United States act. When the test case
was brought recently for the release
of 700 of them whom we held under
the law, we were very fortunate in
having the United States Supreme
Court decision as to the qualifications
of the immigrants to be allowed to
land. They try every scheme to be al
lowed to enter the country. There are
ion AMI
IuIu. and it is suspected that they are
providing the necessary $50 that each
Japanese must have. What causes us
to suspect them is the fact that few
weeks ago several of the immigrants
were asked where they had gotten the
money and they answered that they
had received those identical gold coins
from relatives II years before starting
from home Examination of the coins
showed that they were the date of
1894, so you see, they were nicely
caught.
1.-TWO Japanese warships have been
ordered to Honolulu, and we are some
what anxious about the outcome. The
Japanese are pouring in at such ter
rfble rate that we fear that when they
get the numerical superiority they VIII
expect political supremacy. They are
a very ambitious race, especially since
the war with China, and there is no
telling what will become of our COM
mercial interests if they gain a firm
foothold.
''This should interest the people of
the United States because they get 80
per cent of our trade and nearly all of
our carrying trade We are CONNER
cially a part of the United States. We
have the same coins, the same Ian
guage. the same judicial systems, and
visitor could easily imagine that ne
was in an American town. All the Ha-
waiian products that are brought to
your country are returned in American
goods, and so it should be of some in
terest to the United States to preserve
this trade. We get some things from
Germany and England, but most of
our imports come from America.
"The influence in Hawaii is entirely
American. You know that it was an
American mission from Boston that
first took civilization to the Islands,
and then our close proximity to Cali
fornia makes us essentially American.
We have a system of compulsory edu-
cation. and our children are required
to learn the English language. The
Hawaiian language has long since been
dropped from the schools. We have
an excellent class of American teach
ers. and we have no difficulty in getting
them, because we pay little higher
salary, perhaps. than they would get at
home. And it is very common thing
for the boys and girls to be sent to the
American universities for higher edu-
cation. They enter Yale College from
our preparatory schools without con-
ditions."
In referring to the Hawaiian feeling
as to annexation to the United States.
he said:
1--WE are almost unanimous in favor
ing the idea. The only ones who op-
pose it are few royalists who would
do almost anything to upset the pres
ent regime. and some of the planters,
who are afraid Of losing their contract
labor. But in order to secure stability
and permancy of government against
foreign immigration and possible in
ternal rebellions, we are willing to ac-
cept whatever laws respecting labor
that the United States may enact. The
property owned by the Government is
worth a great deal more than the ma
tional debt, and if the United States
would assume our Indebtedness and