The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-18

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10 lhr H0c8s.aH uhI.h bna evoked it
IArANLpE rotI1lra
YOKOHAMA Jnne Fiae. uU.
aHuuiH hls shown himself thr mHH
~ thr hHuI proving ma rsaI0d rl.
NfIUtism ht tUHffUfNr tn D.. plnrl1.
Cos thu fHkn uf ihf good urmn of DOL
puuntfs in position fudtn difficult
pafhnre than that ln which any ~ hHr
great statesmen huy, Set found them.
selves no talk hbuut re- nations going
through period ~ transition in these
DAYS when tho law of development ls
universally recognized in all thiugf
is OF course tho vpriost plbtl.
tu1n. but There are duurcsa ln tho
rluldity and vital Importance ~ the
steps 600 the process. and u cannot DO
denied that the change which Or now
going on IN Japan removing ~ gov
eminent from dependence upon the
old ways To- those OF more modern
fashion. is vital and dangerous one
The country is FUN of rising politicians
and Uartisans who have a. yet no con
coptlon uf what party discipline and
party government mean, and II is
these Ignorant and dlscordnut elements
with which the statesman at the helm
has to deal II therefore also goes
without saying that he is brave man,
as well as thoroughly patriotic one,
who consents TO take the helm. 1t can
only he hoped that the country VIII
fully appreciate his courage and unite
In his support.
Since the above was written the for
nation OF the Cabinet has actually
taken place. and the following minls-
try Us now installed:
Premier. General Niscount Katsura
Minister of Home Affairs, Baron
Utsumi Tadakatsu
Minister of Foreign Affairs tpro
tem), Mr. Some Arasuke.
Minister of Agriculture and Com
merce, Mr.. Hirata Tosuke.
Minister of Communications, Wis.,
count Yoshikawa.
Minister Of Justice. Mr.. Kioura Kel-
CO.
Minister OF Education, DIR KikuchL
Minister of War, Baron Kodama.
Minister OF Navy Admiral Yama-
moto.
By this 1t will be seen that the Seiyu
Kai Is unrepresented and becomes
practically without opposition, while
the Cabinet itself Is of the independ-
ent order, assuming very much the
same character as the Yamagata Min
istry. 1t is quite evident that the first
experiment in party government has
a NOItltlt II 10 HOW
to be seen whether party rancor will
follow.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Commander William Swift of the u. s.
$. Concord, now in this harbor, was re-
lieved by Commander Harry Knox, late
CT the L. S. S. Princeton, on Wednesday
Commander Swift will proceed
to the Philippines in a few days to take
the command of the Princeton, which is
now at Cebu. The Concord will probably
not leave Yokohama until the latter part
Of next week. 1t is now waiting instruc-
tons from Washington. When the gun I
boat gets away II is understood that its
destination will be Unalaska, in the
AIeutian Islands, from which point Stka
will be touched. the final port being some
one on the Pacific Coast of the United
States.
a Shanghai special dated May 3lst says
The Chinese Emperor has signed an I'm
perlal odict concerning the indemnity,
amounting to 45O,OOO,OOO taels, at per cent
interest.
NernaCular papers report that five dead
rats were recently discovered on the
premises of the Medical College of the
imperial University. and on microscopic
examination or the 26th instant the
,lague bacillus was found in all OF them.
rhe matter was Immediately reported to
he NetropoI tan Police Board.
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