Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-10
ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN
As Seen at Home BY the Hawaiian Con-
sui at Rome.
Important and Interesting Monograph Written
to the Minister Of Foreign Affairs for
Information Of Planters.
(Continued.)


grafton and Colonies" issued iu
1898, from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and relates to Hawaii.
This volume is composed OF re-
plies to- circular emaDatIug from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
bearing the date of February "a,
1881, and addressed to all ol the
Diplomatic and Consular Repre-
seutativrs of Italy, resident in
other countries; and calling for
information regarding the condi
ton OF ltali4us abroad, de-irahiIi
ty of emigration, climate, etc and
The character of local immigration
laws.
AS the section relating TO the
Islands does not appear under The
heading of "Report from the Con
sui at Honolulu" as is the more
general form adopted throug bout
The volume, j, can only he inferred
hat it is all abbreviation of a re-
port made by the Italian Consul
to Hawaii. 1t is certainly in the
nature of misinformation, and, be
ing published in an official VOL
ume, can hardly be supposed to
have originated from a private
source.
L do not find in the correspon-
dence of the former Consul Cen
eIal to Italy, any reference to an
effort having been made in 1890,
to induce Italian emigration to
Hawaii, which is spoken of rs
having been frustrated by the
Italian Government"
The original otficial of this
translation appears at the head OF
Enclosure No. 7.
Enclosure No. 5 consists of
transla,ions OF two recent articles
appearing in "The Messenger" of
Rome, the publications of which
are authorized respectively by
the Minister of the Interior
and the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The reason for the relec
ton of this really diminutive pa
per is obviously because it has an
immense circulation amoug the
common people corresponding
In this respect to the "Petlt Jour
nal" of Parls), and is most widely
read b" those whose interests
would be affected by matters re-
latiug to emigration. 1t is sent
not only as an indication of the
paternal character of this Govern.
ment, but more particularly to
illustrate it's attitude Oh emigra-
ton movements, aud to exhibit
the first steps which are tax, n
when 1t is III possession of intor-
nation of either "A favorable or an
unfavorahle nature, and couse-
quently does, or does not approve
of an emigration movement to a
particular country. This action
Is likely to be supplemented, in
caees OF an organized emigration
to countries where conditions are
regarded as very unfavorable, by
notification to Projects, Mayors,
etc, as provided for in Articles
rwenty-niuth aud Thirtieth of
the Regulations for the execution
of the Law. (See pages 26 and
~ of Enclosure No. l.) In ex-
treme cases the Government does
not hesitate to exert autocratic
authority to suppress shipments
of emigrants, probably under the
elastic General Welfare clause of
the Constitution. An instance of
this kind occurred a year ago,
when the riots took place at
several localities in Brazil, parti
cuIarly at Santos, between Italian
laborers and the native popula-
tion. An Italian steamer, laden
with emigrants, which had al
ready departed for Brazil, was
stopped at sea and compelled to
return, and with two others, lying
in the harbor of Genoa, ready to
sail, were ordered to disem bark
their passengers. These people had
their transportation provided for,
their passports in regular order,
and had sold their effects and
possessions in view of the jour
ney, many of them actually hav-
ing no homes to return to.
II is not unlikely from the fre-
quency with which the kind of
information contained in these
translations is now appearing in
the press, that these statements
have been received in response to