The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-27

ana no. as contract laborers. At the
SAME ume Our EN- grant AGENTS viii
haze ~ alter their met.4Od VI busfue -
and 90 act as surety, oye.seers and so
fonth towards our free iaborers. so
int the relations between them and
their employers may be conveniently
arranged. Indeed the Asahi learns
thai this question is being cons .dared
ALREADY by our agents. for they are con-
siltced. alter years OF experience. that
thu Hawaiian planters must continue
sIAniOytng japanese laborers IL they
isn 10 keep their business in a thriv-
ing eondlton.-Japan Times
The Chinatown Fire.
Information to hand from a private
source intimates that the Japanese
community in Hawaii have reason TO
believe that the Commission recently
appointed TO enquire into and deter
mine the amount Of damage caused by
the recent disastrous conhagration. has
practically decided that one uniform
and HX6d sum OF I0J yen be aIOueu
20 each of Japanese sufferers. as his
share OF compensation; and that in ex-
Fuse for this arbitrary and wholly I'M
justihable proposal, IL is urged that
the Hawaiian Treasury has at its COM
mand only one m IiOn yen. which
amount would be utterly inadequate to
meet the disbursements hat would be
necessary, were the compensation for
damage TO be computated on the bass
Cf actual losses incurred by the Jap
anese and the Chinese. Though this
course Of action is not glaringly incon-
5istent with the previous record OF he
H0nolulu Government. we must refuse
to believe that our correspondent has
been correctly informed in regard to
lbs II trsOrdinary anair. The Hawai-
ian authorities know as we'll as we do
tina. they will have 10 reckon with tn
Japaness Empire before they can ar
rive az any such conclusion I'm this
mater. They must consider besides
thai whatever they DO. they do IL In
the name and under the shadow OF the
Sta' and Stripes wlich. as the world
recognizes. stands out eminently for
justice and fairness. By thus putting
on record our denial OF the statement
above Fade. we hope we are only do
ug jus co to- the Hawaiian Govern
IueRt-rJnpan Times.
Burning Injected Eouse.
Fne immunity Of the town from any
case CT plague during the last few
weeks has not caused The matter 20 be
forgotten by the authorities. At a
meeting OF the Prefectural Council the
prcpCzal TO burn own that part OF Flu
kiai-muTa where the plague broke out
was revived. and after a prO.racted de-
bate Il was agre- d 10 carry 1t GU. The
part ii is proposed TO burn down Is
situated at, H1nabedCri, and 6-cho-
me. and consists Of 13 blocks OF buad
ilgs, numbering 60 hOu-es, and cover
ing 300 tsubo Of ground. 1t is estimat-
ed the total Cost of the destruction OF
the houses viii come to Y7OOO. The
owners Of the houses are stated to
have consented to the decision, and to
have presented a note to that effect TO
the authorities, and 1t Is believed that
Governor Ohmoi will issue an order
for the evacuation Of the houses within
a few days. The value Of the houses s.
estimated at Y6,620. Part OF the COS
CT destroying the houses and moving
the people will come out OF the W, 900
contributed by the Mitsui Bank to-
wards the general plague fund.-KObe
Chronicle.
The Jill states on the authority o!
Mr.. Hawaka, engineer of the HyOgo
Kencho. that prefectural authorities Of
Hycgo have definitely decided to de-
stroy at no distant date, a number OF
houses infected by the plague. These
houses, which number more than 40 in
all. situated in Hamabedori ROkucho-
ne, in Fukiai village. viii be first dis
mantled and carefully disinfected by
deluging them with sea-wa,er. and the
tinbeTs. etc, will afterwards be used
for bui ding purposes.
a serious obstacle In the way CT
properly carrying out this measure lies
in the difficulty Ct finding accJmmod8-
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