The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-29
A LESSON
FOR "JAPS"
Armed Men Go to Teach
laWbreakers.
MOUNTEDP POL|CEFORMAU|
High Sheriff Brown and a Squad Of
Eight Sailed Away
Yesterday.

lice oniCcrs on thc WIDER steamship
wharf yesterday afternoon fully equipped
with carbinos revolvers and cartridge
belts filed to the last hole with deadly
missiles. created no little excitement
along the waterfront
High Sheriff Brown. accompanied by
Captain Fox OF the mounted patrol, Ches-
ter Doyle, Japanese interpreter. and eight
mounted police, left yesterday evening
shortly after o'clock on the Claud!ne.
They will land at Kahului and tomorrow
VIII go TO Wailuku to attend the trial of
the Japanese rioters who terrorized the
community last week, and who assaulted
the Maui police officers.
This armed force goes in the interest of
the law and 1t is hoped by the High Sher-
in that the show of force will have sal
utary effect upon the lawbreakers. At
torney General Dole decided yesterday
that the riotous Japanese should be given
a lesson of respect for the law, and or
dered the High Sheriff and his squad TO
proceed by the first boat to kahului and
thence to Wailuku to be present at the
trial OF the Japanese ringleaders, who
were placed under arrest.
The High Sheriff shortly before ;
o'clock drove up .astily to the police sta
tion and disappeared in his private Of
flee, where he donned his khaki uniform
and strapped on big Colt revolver. An
Advertiser reporter questioned him as to
the expedition and received the following
explanations
I'VE are simply going up TO Maui to at
tend the trial Of the japanese who as
saulted the police officers who made the
arrest OF several of the ringlcaders the
other day. They have been charged with
assaulting and interfering with police
officers in the discharge Of their duty.
Further than that they are charged with
obstructing justice
81 am also going there for the purpose
of looking over the general situation and
ascertaining the cause of these labor
riots. You can readily understand that
my taking with me mounted police ofti-
GERS fully armed means tnat the situa-
tion demands a thorough investigation. a
show of force may doubtless do more to-
ward stopping these outrages than any
amount of tongue persuasion. The Jap
anese seem to be in an ugly mood for
some reason or other and inclined to do
bodily damage wherever they can see an
opportunity to intict it. We hope to quiet
them down.
IF all goes well We will he back here
next Sunday. If there Is further trouble
and the situation demands ii. may come
back here sooner than expected and send
large force there to keep the peace. We
go to Kahului, thence to Wailuku, and
possibly to Spreckelsville.
1.-THE Attorney General deemed 1t wise
to send the officers TO Maui on account
of the great number of people injured
lately"
All the men were clothed in KHAKI uni
forms and looked as If they were able to
cope with any enemy twice or treble their
numbers. On the wharf the crowd good
Il
soldiers of England In South Africa, and
talked of laagers and kopJes in n con-
yincing manner. When the High Sheriff
put in an appearance he was greeted as
Lord Roberts" and "Baden-Powell,"
and smilingly nodded his appreciation OF
the titles.
No horses were taken, but saddles and
brides for each man were carried along.
Horses will be procured at kahului ana
will be used during the entire campaign.
Handouts in quantities form an Import
ant feature of the police equipment.
Whether or not there Is an opportunity
TO use them, the High Sheriff considered
them necessary on such an expedition.
The trouble in tnis instance arose over
the assault on a census-taker by n num-
ber of the japanese who objected to that
officials questioning. Police officers came
TO the assistance of the Federal officer
and were attacked In turn and badly
used up. The ringleaders were arrested
and charged as above. At the trial there
is a possibility of the Japanese friends of
the prisoners becoming obstreperous.
They do not seem to have any fear of the
Maui police, and the appearance of
strange men oil the law Will probably
quiet them and put them In peaceable
frame of mind.
The japanese Consul Is absent from
Honolulu at present. a delegation of
Io.. ,1tIt n
return and intend to lay their troubles
before him. They are dissatisfied labor
ers from Maui. The Japanese immigra-
ton companies viii doubtless be drawn
into the conference and important re-
suits are expected TO be had The COM
panies may order them to return TO their
work. 1t is generally conceded that the
better class of Japanese recognize the fu-
tlity of their countrymen striking when
ever they feel they have grievance, and
their advice VIII be to return to work.
Just what the little brown men are aft
cr Is difficult of a satisfactory solution.
At times their plea is that they want
higher wages, and when this has been
conceded by the plantations, they make
ready for another step out In the hope of
getting more money, The plantations
have been liberal in answering these va
rious requests. and have in some in
stances advanced their wages about -
month.
The rock on which the laborers and
the plantation managements seemed to
have split is the question of contracts,
Under the Republic form OF government
every man went TO work under certain
iron-clad agreements. On June II these
labor contracts expired by law. The con-
tracts have not been given back 10 the
Japanese. but they seem 10 think that
they must obtain possession Of them be-
fore they attain their absolute freedom
from the contract labor system.
The Attorney Generals action IN send
Ing armed police Is the result OF the plan
tatlon managers desire 10 bring matters
10 close. ON Kauai the managers de-
elared that II the Japanese would not
work they must leave the plantation
premises, or be considered respassers. II
Ii literally "A question of taking the bun
by the horns and letting the laborers see
who are the masters.