The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-12
JAPAN WILL KICK
Consul General shirna-
mura is Dissatisfied.
Considers Present Trouble the Re-
Z suit of. Prejudice : Denies. ALI
81 -Will.Warship Come?

The official investigation" at the
quarantine station on Tuesday night
was merely duplicate, or to be more
correct, quaduplicate of the first.
Each immigrant upon whom there was
a suspicion of crookedness in the mat
ter of his or her landing was put
through rigid examination and when
he had answered all the questions, he
didn't know where he was at. Of the
muster and those who did run the
gauntlet of legal or vain questions
without being scared were allowed to
pack their blankets and go up town
and see their cousins yesterday noon.
Among the Japanese kamaainas,
those who have lived here from six
months to as many years, the action
of the Government is not looked upon
with any degree of favor One OF
these, a merchant of considerable
standing in the colony thought the
| traordinary. In speaking of the eX-
element caused on Tuesday night by
sending a detail of police to quarantine
island, he said:
THE Hawaiian Government claims
that the landing of the Japanese inn
migrants at quarantine station does
not constitute legal landing in the
Hawaiian Islands. Suppose the Japan
csc should kick up a row there, what
jurisdiction would the Government
have over them? | wish they would
start a fight" continued the little
brown fellow, Just to have the thing
decided. But there won't be any trou-
bic, / am sure. These men have been
in quarantine the limit of time, and
they know it, and want to get out. Il
they should become surly ! could moi
blame them.
Suppose 900 or more Americans
were prevented landing in Japan, an6
kept on a sandy beach, beyond the linn
| it of time required by law. Do you moi
think the authorities at Washington
would take pretty prompt action
That is what the Japanese Govern
ment should do. The main objection
to these men is the fact that they were
given the necessary $50 instead O
earning it at some trade. There is NJ
law to prevent father or mother Civ
ing a son the amount necessary Il
permit him to land here.
so far as l am concerned, l thinl
too many free laborers are comm:
|, here; hundreds of them are idle il
Honolulu and cannot get work. The;
are coming on every steamer, ant
. those who have $50 when they land
! spend it soon after and then live o.
| their friends, or the earnings of wo
; men So long as they can live in thi
way they will not work, and so Ion
: as the immigration agents get $3.50
: head on every laborer, free or con
tract, who lands here, those peopl
viii be encouraged to come LaboreT
e on. plantations write home that the
, are making plenty of money. and thi
2 statement is supported by the agent {
e the immigration company.
Il am told some interested partie
d favor bringing here as many free Ii
n burers as wish TO come, until they fin
S on their arrival that employment
t an impossibility. cannot agree wit
: them on this plan. On the contrary
: believe missionaries should be sent
/ Japan who will visit every district an
n make public speeches, telling the pc,
/ pie what the true situation in HI
: waii is. One white man and a Japal
e csc interpreter is all that would be r
$ quired, and the few thousand dolla