The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-08
JAPAN TALKING or WAR
Thinks She Could Seize the Is
lands and Defy Uncle Sam.
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
One of the Mikado's Newspapers Says
Its the Easiest Thing Possible to
Capture and Hold the Ha-
waiian Country.

San Francisco. July The Japan
Herald, commenting upon the Hawaiian
situation editorially. says. The omI-
nous calm which is now prevailing re-
garding the Hawaiian question is not
difficult To interpret and anyone who
runs may read. Notwithstanding the Sc
orecy which attends the preparations
OF the Japanese government for a de-
scent upon the Hawaiian islands.
That this Is their aim unless their
claims are fully met and promises Of
future good behavior are made regard
ing the Sandwich islands, We shall soon
hear that the flag of Japan has replaced
that OF the present shaky republic That
the japanese government has a lust
claim against the Haw allan Islands Is
beyond question. That the japanese
VIII press the claim there Is not a
doubt Who will take sides with
Hawaii? America? What will be the
result? The Japanese population now
on the Sandwich islands is about
5000 say $4,000 OF them are men, and
those men are practical soldiers who
have been through their conscript term
In the army. To send over two or three
large transports with the necessary
the easiest thing possible.
with Japan's large fleet Of merchant
ships as transports. its large coal fields
to draw It's coal supplies from. backed
up by its warships. which are now In
excellent repair and soon tn he aug
mented by its formidable battleships
Full Kan and Yashma Kan. and its
strong fleet Of torpedo boats, America
could not land single man In the
Hawaiian islands. They would meet the
fate of the Chinese ON board the Ko-
washing in the late war There are only
two harbors worthy OF the name in the
Sandwich islands--Honolulu and Hilo--
and these and any other possible land
ing places would be seized upon by
Japan before America could think of
moving. by the troops which would be
drawn from those who are already
there as emigrants."
San Francisco. July THE steamship
Australia arrived from Honolulu to-
day with advices mp To June 80. They
are to the effect that the resident Jap
anese minister received instructions
from his government per steamship
Peking to make formal protest
against the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands TO the United States until the
complications existing between Hawaii
and Japan have been amicably settled.
A similar protest is to be filed with Sec
retary Sherman by the Japanese minis
ter at Washington. Minister Shima-
mura Is at work upon IA third COM
municatlon to the foreign office on the
immigration trouble. but In extremely
rcticent as To its contents. He admits.
however that he has been commanded
to make n satisfactory settlement as
quickly as possible and that he has re-
ceived his finel instructions. Counsellor
Akiyama, the special commissioner.
was expected To leave for Japan on the
steamer Rio de Janiero ON July for
the purpose Of conveying a complete re-
port OF the present status Of the diplo-
matte relations between the two coun-
tries and may return with further in
structions To Minister Shmamura. The
latter Official. when questioned about
the answer he received from Minister
Cooper on June 26. said that its con
tents We're very unsatisfactory.