The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
THE JAPANESE N HAWAII
Their Rapid Immisra-
ton Causes Alarm.
M'KINLEY'S CONTRIBUTION

Receipts for Last Four Months In our
sColopies"-Nonh Atlantic Squadon
soon TO Begin Extensive Sea Drill
Under Admiral sampson.
Washington, May 25.-Assistant Sec
rotary SpaQlding has decided that i'm
ported caps for bottles to be used in
the expectation of whiskey must pay
customs duty, except where the caps
are imported for transmission 10 a
bonded manufacturing warehouse,
where the whiskey is bottled and pre-
pared for expectation.
WHY THE BRITISH MARINES DID
NOT LAND.
No department of the government
is responsible for any failure on the
part of. the marines attached To the
British cruisers Intrepid and Pearl to
land at Tampa, Fla, and participate
in the parade there yesterday in honor
Of the queens birthday. The British
| government itself was the objector and
negatived the request for permission
to land the marines.
M'KINLEY CONTRIBUTES TO THE
DEWEY FUND.
Acting Secretary to the President
CortelyCu today called upon Assistant
| Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip,
chairman Of the Dewey home fund, and
| placed in his hands a check from the
president, constituting NJ. McKirley's
contribution to the fJrd. In doing so
Mr.. Cortelyou conveyed to M. Wander
lip the expression of the presidents in
| terest in the undertaking ard his pleas
ure in contributing with the people, to
| this testimonial to Admiral D>wey.
JAPANESE IN HAWAII.
The rapid increase of japanese i'm
| migration ito Hawaii has attracted
| the serious %ettertion Of the authorities
here and sCvcral official inquii les have
been instituted to learn the eytert Of
the invacion and how il can be CHI, ked.
Ar official report from a United
States inspector statiore ed at Houolulu
states that $4,000 Jlpar Sc have ar
rived since the isllrds were annexed
to the United States. He also reports
that, in his opinion, the totel popula-
ton of Asiatics, by the end Ct the pres
ert year, will exceed the tctal pcpula-
ton CT all ether rationalitios.
The inspector at Honolulu states that
one of the effects of tf2 heavy inmi-
| grafton of japanese will be 70 bring on
race conflicts between the Chinese and
Japanese, the foImGr being Cutnum-
berod as the dominant Asiatic force in
Hawaii. In a recent clseh, it ID stated
by the report, several Chinese were
killed ard a nun Der wounded.
AT the japanese legation it is said
that the coming of japanese to- Hawii
presents no ncw OF serious question,
An official Of the legation said tod2y:
eve have had no recent reports
showing an alarming increase in the
immigration. o. the CO trary, we are
inclined to believe it will fall eff by the
expiration Ct the three year tclm which
the immigrants sperd abroad. At any
rate, an influx of Japanese cen have nc
political significance wh1tevcr, end i
would amount to nothing if the report:
were true that they would Outnumbel
other na~tionalities. They have no vote
so that their influence is net exertcd il
shaping The affairs of the islands.
IIS1lI al lnC L NNN
us, we feel that rothing is to be appre
hended from the arrival of Japanese il
Hawaii and that their presence is G
positive bereit, if not essential, to tn
development of the islards."
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS IN OUR COL
ONIES.
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle
john has made public a statement G
aggregate customs receipts at all Gu
ban, Porto Rican and Philippine port
for the first four NOR tbs of the presen
year. The statement il as follows
Cuba-Total receipts, 4,443, 999; coast
wise vessels ertered, 1927; foreign
LAPS. Porto Rico-Total receipts, $4S1,
12S; coastwise vosscls entered, 1,1G3
! foreign, 478. Philippines Mlrlla
81, SAC, 1853; Iloilo, 1851; Cebu, sc,
957.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON
DRILL.
Especial to Baltimore Sum-
Washington, My 24.-Next wcel
will witness the start of th2 North AT
lar tic squadron for eNw England o.
it's work Of summer drills, evolution
ard p~rc.ctice Of war genes. The large
ships have been undergoing repairs an
attention at the New York navy yard
under orders to be in readiness at thei
: anchorage off Staten Island to sail Of
June 2 for Newport, where it is intend
ed that two weeks time shall be devot
ed 20 maneuvers under the direction o
Admiral Sampson and Captain Stock
ton, of the var college. Tactical move
-Yrah - L-~ 81 N0l
attempted in the north will be carrie'
cut until the whole feet works as
homogeneous body. 1t is said by ma
val officials that Admiral Sampson vii
continue at sea so long as he elects Z
remain on his present duty.