The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-06-19
NANIWA To STAY
Her RunOrGd Departure Denied
at Legation.
MINISTER SHIMAMURA SPEAKS
Says He Has Not With.
drawn Request.
No Correspondents With Foreign
Office for Two Weeks-Ex-
poets Answer Daily.

"You may say that the rumor that
Japan has withdrawn it's request from
the Hawaiian Government for an eX-
PLANTATION of the reasons for rejecting
the Japanese immigrants is unquali-
fiedly false"
This was Minister Shimamura's re-
ply to a question by an Advertiser re-
porter yesterday regarding the rumor
that the request for a settlement had
been withdrawn by him, and that Ha-
wall would come out top side high in
the unpleasant affair, which has occu-
pied the attention of diplomats all
over the world.
There has been no correspondence
between this Legation and the Minister
of Foreign Affairs since June 4th,"
continued Minister Shimamura. cat
that time I addressed letter to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, as
yet, though it seems very long time,
I have received no reply
The reporter suggested that a great
many letters might be written in IA
days.
quite So" ventured a member of
the Legation; long enough time in
which to write a book
''The position is this said the Min
lister: Before the steamer having the
immigrants on board left Honolulu I
made a formal protest to the Minister
of Foreign Affairs. His answer was in
complete and unsatisfactory. In due
time | received instructions from my
Government, and sent a request to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs for the
reasons for the expulsion of the Japa-
nese laborerS. Extracts of the contents
of my letter and this Governments an
swer have already been published in
the Honolulu papers. | considered the
answer vague and indefinite. On June
18th l wrote again, and for two weeks
the letter remains unanswered. / am
waiting for a communication to ar
rive, have been waiting for several
days and | think now that it must
come today or tomorrow.
zone paragraph in your leading edi-
tOrial today is rather misleading. Does
your paper believe that Japan has
taken Hawaii by the throat and said:
Give me your money! Such a thought
is preposterous. | may say an object is
black; you will insist that it is white.
l would not take you by the collar and
shake you for your opinion; | would
ask your reasons for saying so. An
other misleading sentence is the one
regarding indemnity. No demand has
been made, and that phase in the con-
troversy has not been mentioned, be-
yond my saying that l would like this
Government to recognize the princi-
pies of indemnity, as governed by in
ternational law. Japan has shown no
hostility toward Hawaii in this mat
ter We ask, simply, that justice be
done if it is proven that Hawaii is
wrong. Indemnity to the Japanese i'm
migrants will be asked only in this
event If the affair is settled satisfac-
torily, then immigration may continue
from Japan as formerly, not otherwise
Those Japanese left their homes I'M
der the laws of their Government, and
they are innocent of any wrong intent
in coming here. If the agents of the
immigration companies in Honolulu
committed a wrong in bringing them
here against the laws of Hawaii, then,
it occurs to me, it is the duty of the
Government to punish them, not their
dupes. The men who were connected
with the companies were tried in the
courts and acquitted. If there was
nothing wrong in their actions, upon
what grounds were the immigrants
sent back? That is the question l am
endeavoring to get an answer to from
the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"One would infer from the editorial