The record-union., 1897-04-30
Report That the Japanese Government
Will Send a Fleet TO Hawaii.
Ire Of Officials Aroused by the Arrival
Of the Philadelphia.
Acknowledgement Smith, Who Has
Just Returned From Washington,
Announces That President 1CKin-
Iey's Attitude is Friendly Toward
the Annexation of the Islands to
the United States.

the Annexation OF the ISLANDS 10
the United States.
HONOLULU, April 2O.-The Doric
arrived from Yokohama this morning.
She brings word to the effect that the
japanese Government has decided not
to allow any further immigration to this
country.
The Minister of the Navy was to Sc
lect several warships on the 10th and
send them to this port at once. The
action of the United States in sending
the Philadelphia here has aroused the
ire of the japanese officials, and they
will answer by sending a small sized
fleet. The news is meager, no details
are given, but enough is at hand to
warrant the United States in retaining
a larger force in Hawaiian waters.
The United States ship Philadelphia
arrived on the 18th, nine days from San
Diego. Speculation regarding the mis-
sion of the Philadelphia here has not
ceased, because Admiral Beardslee and
his officers have been, since their ar
rival in port, paying more attention to
their social duties than to prepara-
ton for war. In fact, the inactiOn on
the part of the Admiral has given rise
to all sorts of rumors, and the people
are constantly on the tiptOe of eXpec-
fancy. Fresh food for speculation was
furnished yesterday by visit of J. o.
Carter, the eX-Queen'S representative in
the islands, to Admiral Beardslee. AL
though it proved on investigation to be
merely friendly call, the mere friend
Illness of it was significant according to
the gossips.
1t is now quite certain that Admiral
Beardslee has not come to Honolulu
clothed with executive power to exc
cute special mission for his Govern
ment Had he come to annex the
islands or to reseat the ex-Queen on her
throne he certainly would not hoist his
deck awnings, set his painters to paint
ing the ship and. with his officers, ac-
cept the hospitality of friends ashore
The forecasters of future events reason
thus, and have concluded that the Ad-
miral has come here under orders
! which carry him no further, and that
he must await fresh orders by the next
steamer before proceeding on his mis-
sion.
When the Mariposa left the coast 1t
was rumored that President Mckinley
was about to take the initial step
toward making the islands a part and
parcel of the United States. The story
went that he was preparing a message
to Congress urging the immediate an
nexation of the islands, and that it
would reach Congress within few
days after the sailing of the Mariposa
There was no doubt, it was said that
Congress would take the Presidents
view of the matter, and that the annex
alton bill would be put through with a
rush. The next step would be the ap-
pointment of Minister to Hawaii, who
would come here and consummate the
deal.
There is leaning on all sides toward
the theory that Uncle Sam has sent the
big cruiser here at the request of Act
ing Minister Mills, to protect citizens
of the United States and their property
in case Of trouble with the Japanese
Government over the refusal of the
Government to permit japanese immi-
grants to land here Minister Shima-
mura practically admitted in a recent
interview that he had sent a request to
his Government for warship to pro-
tect the rights of her citizens on the
islands. 1t was Immediately after the
arrival of the news in the United States
that the Philadelphia was ordered to
prepare for sea. AT that time it was
expected that a powerful Japanese
man-ofWar would arrive here first.
hence the dispatch of the Philadelphia.
Meantime Admiral Beardslee main
tains a discreet silence whenever the
subject of his mission is preached.
laughs at theories and takes as prom
inent part in social pleasures as his
duties and dignity will permit.
The japanese tramp steamer Kinai
Maru arrived from Yokohama on the
9th with 5S2 immigrants. Upon exam
nation 1t was found that only 1873 of
the men were entitled to land. The
vessel departed on the 18th with 449
rejected laborers. During the vessels
stay in port six cases of smallpox de-
veloped at the quarantine station. The
patients are rapidly recovering and will
be returned to Japan as soon as they
are able to travel.
A recent mail brought the informa-
ton that the Japanese Government had
advanced the local consulate to the
rank of legation. Minister Shima-
mura was the last of the diplomatic
representatives to call on Admiral
Beardslee.
The United States steamship Petrol
arrived on the 18th from San Francisco
via Hilo. She reached the latter port
on the 9th, thirteen days from San
Francisco.
Within a few days the PhiIadelphia
will be the only war vessel in port: the
British gunboat Wild Swan will leave
for the South Seas tomorrow: the
Petrol sails for the China Station about
the Goth; the Marion expects orders by
mail on the nth. There has been some
talk Of sending her to Samoa. but her
officers think she will be ordered to
Mare Island for an everhauling. The
Baltimore is expected to arrive within
the next three months to relieve the
Philadelphia
Attorney General Smith returned
from Washington on the 18th In the
course of an interview he said: An
nexation of these islands to the United
States is talked of in WASHINGTON. The
time that it will be taken UP and the
manner of it's treatment by Congress
now depends very largely upon the
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