The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-01

YOKOHAMA. Oct 2-Ths Gazette
says: We notice that the inconsiderate
treatment OF amateur photographers. In
accordance with the very extensive pro-
visions Of the Notifications Law, contin-
ues Some Italian officers have been fin
ed Y. 30 each. with the confiscation OF
the offending camera, for taking photo
graphs within prohibited area at Shi-
monoseki It appeared that they were
quite ignorant that they were within
fortified zone. that they we're unaware Of
the existence OF the law, and that they
had only photographed a woman wash
ing clothes, a temple, and band Of
street adyertisers-not very dangerous
military secrets, one would imagine. An
other unfortunate person, a British sub
ject, was also arrested the other day at
Moji. In one case a sampan man hired
by a party including e. camera amateur.
without giving the slightest warning that
it was illegal to photograph. posted on
| to the authorities and preferred a charge
! against the person employing him. From
| this II would appear that this kind OF
Unable course of con6act could no: be
conceived. If the coolie saw his employ
ers were about to commit an Illegal act
it was his duty to warn them. If they
| would not des!st he could then apprH-
priately consider the question of inform
| ing the police. But the employment-for
that is apparently the fact-of species
OF agent provocative Is not at all credita-
BILE. We have several times alluded to
this subject because such arbitrary and
marsh treatment Of photographers or OBJ
yiously innocent intention must decrease
| the popularity of Japan as a country Tor
| tourists, and like Switzerland, Japan is
| indebted for a great deal or wealth to
! the wealthy class OF world wanderers
Unlike Switzerland which does every
! thing possible to encourage visitors tc
come again, Japan seems to delght IN
putting them to as much trouble and IN
convenience as possible. There are all
kinds of regulations Ike this Fortifica-
ton Law, which, good In themselves, are
made a nuisance by undiscriminat!ng ap-
plication. Hotels are as a rule abomfn-
able. and very dear as compared with
Europe taking into consideration the ac-
commodation afforded. Sharks OF every
kind unite in robbing the traveller at ey-
cry step. These harpies of course are
not confined to Japan, but the squeeze"
is. we believe, a much more universal
institution here than in most parts of
the world. No doubt many people VIII
be always ready, In spite of all incon-
veniences to visit Japan IN order to sat
isfy their curiosity as to a country still
mere or less ar object of puzzled inter
est to the West, but they will not I'M
necessarily prolong their stay, or be
tempted to return. If things are made I'M
pleasant for them. This tourist traffic,
too. is not a fieabite. 1t is, We notice.
officially estimated that last year 5000
persons lanGed at Yokohama, and they
spent a sum not less than twenty million
yen. Allowing an equal number for ko-
be and Nagasaki taken together, we ar
rive at about forty million yen as the av-
erage return from tourists, a sum nearly
equal to that realized from the export
of raw SAX. 1t Is worth while encourag-
ing such q source of revenue, rather than
doing everything possible, as offcia1doln
| seems to he doing, to reduce it TO min
imum.
As the Corean government has adhered
to the idea OF getting I'D of Mr.. Nc
Leavy Brown, he has not been received
in audience by the emperor for eight
months. Lately, however, according to
Japanese reports, the feeling of the en-
peror and the government appears to
have softened toward the Commissioner
of Customs, as he was received in audi
ence by the emperor toward the end of
last month. 1t Is nOpSO LndI hereafter
the relations between England and Co
rea will be more friendly.
K'aifeng advices received by the NC.
Daily News, report that owing to the
scarcity of ready cash available to meet
the enormously heavy expenses antici-
pated during the progress of the imperial
Court through Honan province, well
as for the first few weeks necessary :or
the court ito settle down in it's new
capital, the provincial treasurer Yen
Chi (Aianchu-all the high provincial
officials or Honan are Manchus) has been
compelled to order all the local author
tiles of the province to sell their reserve
grain and send the money 10 K'aifens.
for court expenses"
THE RECENT TYPHoON.
The condition IN which several vessels
have arrived al this port within the last
few days, says the Nagasaki Press of the
18th inst, testifes to the severity OF the
recent typhoon in these waters Ire Ger
man steamer Babelsberg, from Earatsu.
entered this harbor on Wednesday morn
ing in a storm-battered condition and
the wonder is how the captain and crew
managed 10 navigate the vessel here.
The Babelsberg left kEratsu On Saturday
last with a cargo of coal for Manila.
When about thirty-six hours out, she
was caught by the typhoon and had a
terrible experience. She had on board
300 ;ons of coal, a portion of which
shifted during the storm, causing the
vessei 10 list. Ha0 the coal not been
properly slowed on board at Karatsu, il
Is very probable that the vessel would
not have weathered the typhoon. Heavy
seas swept the ship from stem to stern,
and the cabin windows on the listed side
were smashed by the waves, the contents
of the rooms being irretrievably ruined
The engine room was flooded, and at one
time matters were very critical, as the
hremen We're on the point of leaving the
stokehold, their position being almost I'M
tenable. To make matters worse the |
vessel began to leak, and four feet of
water were recorded In the hold All !
available hands were sent to the pumps !
but the work OF pumping was very diff !.
cult, as the coal dust had penetrated !
into the water and clogged the pumps |
The sounding-pipe, astern OF the after |