The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-10
JAPAN BACKS DOWN IN HAWAII.
INDEMNITY CUT DOWN TO CASES OF
ILLEGAL REJECTMENT.

The Mikado's Government mt First
Demanded Recompcnse For Every
Immigrant Turned Away From the
IsInnds-The Sugar Planters of the
Island Likely to Throw or the
Yoke of the Sugar Trust-Thc Ex-
elusive Cable Contract Not to BE
Renewed.
San Francisco June 9.-Advices have
just been received from Honolulu, per
steamer Australia to the effect that the
Japanese minister Mr.. Shimamure, has
changed his attitude to some extent since
the last advices from the Hawaiian capi-
tai After the departure of the steamer
Peru, several conferences were held be-
tween Ministers Cooper and Shimamure,
with the result that the Japanese repre-
sentative made proposals of a much more
reasonable nature than those which he
first offered. Originally Japan demand
ed indemnity for the total number of inn
migrants turned away from the islands.
Now, however. it is understood that she
is willing to accept damages in cases
where the immigrant was illegally reject
ed. This proposition the Hawaiian gov
ernment will accept The original de-
mand was for 32O.6O yen for each man re-
fused landing.
The Hawaiian government admits that
among the thousand or more immigrants
a few errros may have been made and
if any such appear upon thorough inves-
tigation expresses its readiness to pay for
such mistakes.
At the instance of r. p Rithet, a
wealthy shipowner of San Francisco, the
sugar planters of the island republic are
considering propositions toward independ-
ent action and the throwing off of the yoke
of the sugar trust. One, it is understood,
is the establishment of a refinery at Van
couver B. c., in case the reciprocity treaty
is abrogated The Canadian government
is willing to grant a cession to Hawaii in
return for their business; and the Cana
dian Pacific railroad will establish special
terms for transportation to the Atlantic
seaboard, if the said scheme will be car
ried out. In any event, however, the
planters are resolved to fight the trust,
and should the treaty not be interfered
with it is proposed to ship all the sugar
raised in Hawaii to New York or Phila-
delphia, where it will be sold in open mar
ket to the highest bidder. If the Ha-
waiian output is shipped around the horn
the islands and San Francisco will be
| Withdrawn and an OPPOSITION line of steam
! ers backed by Hawaiians, substituted.
1t is understood that the cause of the
! trouble between the planters and the
| Spreckels combine is the increase demand
! ed by the latter for hauling Hawaiian su-
gar, namely three-eighths of a cent per
| pound.
Honolulu, May 24.-The Hawaiian gov
| ernment on the Bird instant formally re-
| fused TO renew the exclusive cable con-
| tract awarded to c. S. Spalding eighteen
! months ago. and which expired on the first
! of the present month. The government
| now processes to be anxious to treat with
| the first organization Offering to make a
| definite proposition to give the island ca
| bic communication, regardless of national
| or any other consideration. 1t is under
stood here that when Minister Cooper OF
/ the Hawaiian government was in British
| Columbia some months ago, he obtained
| certain information from the Canadian
| authorities which encouraged those OF the
| inner circles, in the hope that Hawaii will
! form one of the connecting links of the
! proposed Canadian-A Australian system
| which it is now conceded by all here viii
be the first cable line to cross the Pacific
and also will, in all probability, be the
only one operated for many years to come
At all events the Hawaiian government
has resolved to offer every facility and in
| ducement TO the first corporation or com
| pany prepared to begin work on a cable
| line that will touch at some point on those
| islands.