The herald., 1897-08-04
In Conflict With Yankee
Sailors
ABUSE OF THE BLUEJACKETS
FAILS TO EXCITE THE NAVAL
OFFICIALS
Wild and Woolly Tales of Hawaiian
Protectorate Discredited by
Washington Authorities
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3.-The
steamer Belgic from Hongkong via
Honolulu brings advices from Kobe to
the effect that serious riot occurred
there on July 12 between a number Of
sailors from the American ships York.
town and Boston and a mob of Japanese
coolies on the occasion of a ball game
between a team from the two warships
and the European nine OF Kobe. The
row commenced when coolie, having
stolen a flask of whisky from a blue
jacket, was caught and chastised by the
latter. The local police attempted to
arrest the sailor, but his shipmates re-
fused to give him up and marched in
body to a restaurant, where they made
a stand and defied the natives. An
immense crowd assembled and the at
titude Of the coolies was decidedly me-
nacing. The police made no effort to
disperse the mob and the bluejackets de-
termined to fight their way through the
mob to the water front. Stones and
other missiles were exchanged, when a
came ashore. The police
dispersed the coolies and the sailors
boarded their respective ships without
further molestation. 1t is believed,
however, that more will be heard OF
the incident in the near future.
SAILORS STORIES
WASHINGTON, August 3.-The latest
advices of the navy department from the
Asiatic station make no mention of any
troubles such as reported from Victoria.
between the sailors of the Yorktown
and Boston with the Japanese at Kobe,
and for that reason the officials at the
department attach no Importance to the
report. 1t is the practice of command
ers of United States warships to offer
reward for the capture Of deserters from
their ships in foreign ports, and it is
surmised that. if any of our sailors have
been roughly handled they may have
been deserters who were captured by the
local authorities for the reward Re-
Gently published stories of the i'll treat
ment of United States sailors in Homo
lulu turn out to have exactly this fact
for foundation. Some deserters were
captured by the local police and as they
resisted, it was necessary to tie them up
and deliver them in this shape aboard
ship. The navy officers say that there
is hardly any record of the i'll treat
ment of American sailors in Japanese
ports.
JAPS IN HAWAII
MASSILLON, o., August 3.-The Ha-
waiian government decided on July 28
to issue no more six months residence
permits to Chinese. This practical ex-
clusion, following the lines of American.
legislation, means much to American
laborers. The foregoing fact, obtained
from indisputable authority by Watson
III. Wyman and mailed to San Francisco,
was telegraphed to this city tonight. Mr..
Wyman also says: II am able to state
that there is in contemplation a plan for
stocking the islands with colored la
borers from the cane plantations of the
United States. No white labor can
stand the cane field work nor the wet
work on the rice plantation nor the
humid climate here. 1t speaks volumes
for the patriotism of the islands that
they are ready to make a contract today
when annexation is not certainty, that
will result in the gradual diminution of
japanese labor, for of course as time
progresses and existing contracts ex-
pire, the laborers now under contract
can be deported and their places assumed
by the overplus of Louisiana, Texas and
Mississippi.
1--WE are today advised that several
Japanese vessels are under way here
and have 1t from most credible
source that our steamer brought in
structionS to those in authority here
that if the japanese make the movement
the American flag is to be raised Instant
ly. 1t is fully felt there that this would
precipitate an uprising of the Japanese
who would be supplied with arms from
the Naniwa and who could then make
it very unpleasant for the whites. There
are not too many of these and every man
of them would have to get out and
shoot"
OPPOSES ANNEXATION
OAKLAND, August 3.-The Oakland
board of trade recently passed series
of resolutions in favor of the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands to the United
States. These were transmitted to the
California delegation in congress.
Senator White has replied that he is
not in favor Of annexation.
FRENCH COMMENT
LONDON, Aug. 3.-According to the
Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail,
the japanese ambassador to France,
Some Arasuke, has explained, in the
course of an interview, the subject mat
ter of the forthcoming arrangement be-
tween Japan and Hawaii. The ambas-
sador said: The arrangement will deal
only with the question of indemnity for
breaches of contract. There is no sug-
gestion of arrangement with the United
States, because Japan does not recog-
nize that the United States has any
right in Hawaii
The ambassador said also that the
Dingley tariff would ruin Japan's great
and growing trade with the United
States in carpets and mats, and he pro-
tested against placing prohibitive du-
ties upon goods for which there is no
industry in the United
States