The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-11
JAPAN WILL KICK.
Consul General Shima.
mura is Dissatisfied.
Considers Present Trouble the Re-
suit of Prejudice Denies AL
egations-WiII Warship Come?

; quarantine station on Tuesday nigh
J was merely a duplicate, or to be NOR,
Correct, a quadruplicate of the first
Each immigrant upon whom there wa.
q suspicion of crookedness in the mat
ter of his or her landing was put
through a rigid examination and when
he had answered all the questions. he
didn't know where he was at. OF the
entire lot less than a hundred passed
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
position of the Government most ex-
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 i'm
| migrants at quarantine station does
not constitute a 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-
BILE, l am sure. These men have been
| in quarantine the limit of time, and
| they know il, and want to get out If
| they should become surly / could not
| blame them.
Suppose 600 or more Americans
were prevented landing in Japan, and
kept on a sandy beach, beyond the linn
it of time required by law. Do you not
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 of
earning it at some trade. There is no
law to prevent father or mother Civ
ing a son the amount necessary to
permit him to land here.
so far as | am concerned, l think
too many free laborers are coming
here: hundreds of them are idle in
Honolulu and cannot get work. They
are coming on every steamer, and
those who have $50 when they land,
spend it soon after, and then live on
their friends, or the earnings Of wo-
men. So long as they can live in this
way they will not work, and so long
as the immigration agents get $3.50 a
head on every laborer, free or con-
tract, who lands here, those people
will be encouraged to come. Laborers
on plantations write home that they
are making plenty of money, and this
statement is supported by the agent OF
the immigration company.
Il am told some interested parties
favor bringing here as many free Ia
borers as wish to come, until they find
on their arrival that employment is
an impossibility. ! cannot agree with
them on this plan. On the contrary,
: believe missionaries should be sent to
Japan who will visit every district and
make public speeches, telling the peo-
pie what the true situation in Ha-
wall is One white man and Japan
csc interpreter is all that would be re-
quired. and the few thousand dollars
necessary for their expenses could be
raised by popular subscription and
with assistance from the Hawaiian
| Government
representatives of the various immi-
grafton companies waited upon II. L
J. NJ Consul General Shimamura and
stated their grievances. AS result
of this meeting, which lasted more
| than an hour an Indignation mass
meeting of Japanese residents will be
held today, the location Of 1t could not
be learned.
The Japanese up TO the time OF the
meeting have been tranquil and this
is the first intimation they have glver
that they intended taking any step;
. toward pressing their claims Tor q re-
cognition of their rights In order Il
ascertain whether the meeting today
will have the support of the represen
tative of Japan a reporter for the AG
vertiser called on Consul General Shi
manure at the Legation last night
Replying to the question regarding the
, call of the immigration agents in the
afternoon the Consul General SAID:
1T was in no sense meeting. Sew
eral of the immigration agents call9t
here and presented their application:
and the action of the Government II
S refusing a landing to the Japanese nov
= in quarantine was freely discussed.
Can you say whether there will b'
a meeting of Japanese residents to
morrow? was asked by the reporter
That I know nothing of. Thest
= gentlemen called upon me as the offici
al representative of Japan and stated
their grievance and l listened TO wha
they had to say
Assuming, Mr.. Shimamura. that yol
consider that they have a grievance
do you propose taking official recogni
ton of it,
"Assuredly yest l am here TO pro
:. tect to the extent of my power all Jap
anese subjects and that / propose Il
: do. This second refusal of the Hawai-
: ian Government to permit Japanes
subjects to land here is a very serious
matter. Hawaiians are allowed TO lane
in Japan and Japanese must be per
i mitted 10 land here as long as tn
| treaty between the TWO Government
4 continues in force. People say that tn
? money in possession of these free labor
orc students VOuv. Dappr calls them