The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-11
GOVERNMENTS SIDE STRONG


under his charge until some determin-
alton is reached in the matter.
After receiving the immigrants, the
first action Marshal Brown took was
to check them off. He found all the
immigrants to be on hand. This
morning he had them counted to as
certain il there were still Cos of the
little people there. At noon the same
thing was gone over and the Marshal
intends to count them again tonight
before they retire. The japanese are
to be counted morning, noon and
night.
Capt Fernandez and Lieut.. Need
ham are in command of the police on
the island. There are three watches
of police doing guard duty.
From several sources ana what The
Star considers excellent authority,
come positive assurances that Japan
ese Consul General Shimamaru has
sent a full review of the late troubles
to his Government, suggesting that Il
war vessel be despatched here to III
sist upon the rights of the japanese
immigrants being respected by the
Hawaiian Government. Consul Genera,
Shimamaru declines to say anything
regarding the matter. One prominent
japanese limited today that a man oil
war from his country might be sight
ed approaching the harbor in about
four weeks time or so.
The Japanese residents of this city
will hold "A mass meeting this evening
to demand that the japanese Consul
General arrest and investigate the ac-
tion of the customs authorities III
denying admission to the 600 japanese
immigrants who came as passengers
on the steamship Shinshiu Maru, and
are now detained at the Quarantine
station. The call for the meeting was
issued by Yoshikuwa, the wholesale
liquor dealer on Hotel street. The
time fixed is 1880 o'clock, and the place
the hall over Luce's auction rooms, on
| Queen street.
The ia apancse are very much worked
up over what they are pleased to con-
slider unfair discrimination by the Gov
ernment against their countrymen,
who are coming here they say, in good
faith to find homes and help build up
the country. The claim is made that
/ the examination of the immigrants
I now at the Qarantine station was not
thorough one-that it was impossible
| for the Government officials to exam
| inc, through an interpreter, nearly 700
1 japanese, in the space of ten hours
and to give each one fair hearing.
Our people do not often get eNcit-
ed" said Mr.. Yoshikawa, to a Star re-
porter this morning, but on this occa-
sion they are very much worked up,
and have just cause to be. This Gov
ernment is opposed to japanese immi-
grafton and is afraid to place itself on
record as being opposed, so it gives a
farcical examination TO all newcom-
ers, and then refuse to let them in,
ostensibly on legal grounds. But we
are not blind to the meaning of it all,
and wish to demonstrate to the Gov
ernment that we are not. Here are
all these poor people, who have sold
their farms and houses, loaned the
money, severed their home ties and
come so many thousand miles to earn
an honest living in new land. They
seek to enter the country legally and
are refused. Who can tell what they
might do? They might kill themselves
in their sorrow, or set upon and Kill
the captain of the steamship and his
officers for the trouble they have cost
THE examination conducted by Dep
uty Collector McStocker was not thor.
ough. How is it possible for board
to examine 700 Japanese, through al
interpreter, in ten hours? Why thai
would be less than a minute devoted
to each man. 1t is simply impossible
and we demand to know why the rep
resentatives of this Government tried
to defraud our fellow countrymen il
this way. We are assured that they
come here with legal right to land
and we demand that our Consul Gen
eral here see that they obtain justice.
Mr. Yoshikawa outlined the resolu
tions that he will introduce at tn,
meeting tonight. The affair will be al
indignation meeting and severa
strong speakers will be on hand tC
speak in favor of the resolutions. Tn,
resolutions will declare that the lIa
waiian government is opposed to Jap
anese immigration, that the assembled
japanese residents deem that the eST
animation of the Shinshiu Maru's pas
sengers was fraudulent, that the i'm
migrants now at the Quarantine sta
tion have a legal right to enter thi
country. The demand will be mad
that the raSi1pnt InnuOpSp Consul Gen