Evening journal., 1897-04-13
THE SCHEME OF JAPAN.
Much Alarm Over the Invasion
Of Hawaii.
wARsHIPsARB sEETTO HONOLULU.

United states Cruiser Philadelphia VIII /
BE There Before the Japanese Vessels
to Protect Our nterests--situstion cut |
lined by One Familiar with 1t.
San Francisco, April lS. - The cable
dispatch from Yokohama declaring that
two war vessels had been ordered TO
Honolulu by the Japanese government /
caused much excitement here, for IL
seemed to show that the United States
government had advance information
when it dispatched last week the cruis-
er Philadelphia to Hawaii with sealed
orders. The Philadelphia had just ar
rived at San Diego from the Central
American station, and the officers were
expecting a long stay at Mare island TO
reft when orders came to get ready for
Ssea - once a large supply of pro-
visions and ammunition was laid in
from this city. 1t was given out that
the destination was Honolulu, but
orders were divuged. The cruiser sail
ed on last Thursday and should reach
the islands on April lG.
A writer In The Chronicle Who is IA
miliar with all recent events in the IS
lands says Of this move Of Japan:
The ordering OF these Japanese
cruisers to Honolulu is in line with the
policy Japan has been carrying out for
many months. As long as no trouble
arose over the wholesale shipping Of
japanese into Hawaii the mikado's
ministers were content to increase the
colony on the islands from 800 to 900
a month. Now. however, that the Dole
government has been aroused TO the
of In TanQn fc
determined to use force to see that her
natives receive all the rights guaran-
teed to them by treaty.
1T is not probable that an encoun-
ter will take place between the Phila-
delphia and the two Japanese cruisers,
but there is no telling what the Japs
may do, as their easy victory over the
Chinese in the late war has made them
cockey, and they think they could whip
Russia or the United States with little
more trouble than they whipped China.
The Plan of Japan.
1.-THE plan of Japan was TO I'LL the
islands with Japanese, irrespective Of
the labor problem. Then when they
had more japanese in Hawaii than ma
If g Hawaiians and more than all the
other foreigners combined, they would
demand for themselves the same polit-
ical rights that the natives enjoy.
Even if they secured only limited suf-
frage they would soon be in position
to dictate the policy Of the govern
ment. Then the world would have seen
Japan actually ruling the islands. with
no cost to the home government and
with no responsibility. Yet Japan
would have been IN a position to step
in and act as arbiter in any dispute or,
to -, actual r0eegeefOf ~
the islands.
THAT this was the real policy of Ja-
pan is shown by the fact that for near
ly a year the government has been
sending hundreds of emigrants every
month TO Hawaii, although there has
been no demand for plantation labor.
What is significant is that most of these
Immigrants have made no effort 10 get
work The sugar plantations are crowd
ed with old hands, who have still por-
tious of time contracts TO work out. All
the avenues OF trade have long been
filled with these Yankees Of the orient,
who have driven out the native Ha-
waiians and Chinese.
Hundreds of these recent arrivals
from Japan ia Hawaii hetray no evil
dence Of having done hard work at
home. in fact. they belong to the stu
dent class. and they have lived
lives Of idleness on the islands, appar-
emily maintained in comfort by the
company that brought them over. The
whole scheme is one OF the largest col
onizing jobs. i'm a political sense, that
has ever been attempted.
Chief Justice Judd OF Hawaii, in a
recent talk in regard to the japanese
labor problem on the islands, declared
that 200 Japanese who were returned
to their own country came without a
labor contract or without the funds fol
their maintenance, which the statute
prescribes. He voiced the sentiment OF
all the white residents OF the islands
who have property interests at stake
in these words;
What we most fear is that the Jap
anese. when they gain a numerical
supremacy, win think they ought tC
have political supremacy in the is
lands. According to the census taker
on Nov. l last there are now in th'
islands 24.4O7 japanese. 21,616 Chinese
31Ol9 Hawaiian natives. 5000 hal
castles $500 Americans. 2,251 British
1882 Germans, 10l French. 378 Norwe
gians. 1871 Portuguese. 455 South Sc,
Islanders. and COO of other nationali
ties. The Japanese are increasing rap
idly and if they continue to come a
the rate of / 500 a week. as they di,
one week recently, it will not be loni
before they have overrun all the is
lands "