The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-28
GRIEVANCE OF JAPAN.
She Practically Accuses the Admin
istration of Bad Faith.
ANY uLTERl0R MOTIVE IS DENIED.
Japan Wants Only to Have Rights of
Her Citizens Protected.
RUMOR CAUSED QUICK ACTION
American sailors ut Honolulu Pre-
pared 10 Resist II Reported Jnpa-
nesc Attack on Custom House.

INSlklnn Oll AHt uhlltAbLEuu VI ilHNull ny
the United States has been made known
frcm very high source. The Japanese
base their opposition to annexation al
most entirely on the ground that it is an
Interference with the treaty rights of ia
pan and complain especially that the
treaty was Negotiated In the face OF the
most friendly prOtesiauons from Japan
and at time when Japanese authorities
had been led 10 believe that no such treaty
would be undertaken. The following may
be accepted as an absolutely accurate
outline Of the position OF the japanese
legation In Washington;
The Japanese insist that japan has not
now ana has never had any designs against
Hawaii. This they consider most import
ant point because OF the talk about colon
had so much weight in the discussion o,
the question. They contend that the ia
paneso hrst went 10 Hawaii ~ Response
to the demand ior labor IN tht island IN.
der provisions of a treaty concluded Ia
loss at the solicitation OF thc hawaiian
government. The Japanese government Has
always beea aversc 10 have their people 80
abroad as coolies a. tue Chinese do.
and las always s'rN,u TO prrrcni such
.mnuersrou. nm. Hawaiian treaty was so
wcrdcd as to prevent even H. suspicion
Of anything like conlio labor ihr iatcr-
rstf or au parties We're, they say pro-
rlat,t,rs cured a bi-o cisss of aer,cnl-
canal labor mon FAIR terms and under
,tr,.'r,.T..r...s ,,tI.l did unt WV. ti,c .st
o.,l.tor, Tor .5t.lll,e and epproeriult,
,,li,h rcr.r1liy attach No Contract labor
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lneht rs "ssuitu ana II IN yi''l''t wa. Wu
der 'tf prov IONS II Woulu "o w ,,,
TO hood 'ho lia""l'"h 'S'Hnua' 40 ma ~,
I asserted 10 De lnp J"p,"' p,'i.,'V
without the cehniy'h'' OF 'he 5'p"n pay
authorities. rms 'neE h"Iu' 'o"'L "u' w
secured IN we" on 'h' ."u'E ol I'l'u
against tho c%por'auon on 'oolie inuo, anu
In view OF the repeater "'hia'N ~ ''P'"
of any designs upon iiNWaN , ga
They assert mat HaWa'i uo'n ~
stops 10 restrict imniYI9poa 'Iun '"paH
until last February "heh Su"l'" an"
surprising demand was maze ui"N japan
go this end. This they el'lin' y eN'p,n,
sufficient that there was no uoullnt OF III,
island. TbeF r'H"'lcA 'h's ueiu'nu ''o'' '
the island po""rnmch' MS caprelonS' anu
concluded that II was mace ior thr Pu'-
pose Of Increasing the agitation ~ me IN
tercst Of annexation nnd 10 lurh'sn
prctcXt for speedy action m thH' di''''l",';;
To the same end they con"laeT the cry Oh
danger fer lIawail on account OF Jhpah-
ESQ aggression TO have bcen raised. Thry
! boot the idea that this iehr had any toun-
dalton In fact, and gay that me ahnser
existed only in thu minds o' the jealous
advocates of annexation.
They assert that Japan has freely cH'
planned every step taken In this controversy