The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-10
YOUNG PNDDDMT ANA HUMPHREYS ON MAuB IOWA 70 WATCH E NOHRR THE MILITARY
SENSATIONAL REPORT FROM
NAVY PAPER.
Semi Official Journal Says Battleship
viii Probably be Ordered Here on
Account Strained Political Situation.


Account Strained Political Situation.
The Army and Navy Journal of New
York is authority Tor highly sensa-
tional report. Under date of May 20,
it publishes the statement that so
strained has become the political sit
uatlUn IN hawaii tnat a United states
battleship is to be ordered here to pre-
serve order. The Iowa is the vessel
which is to come to TINS port for tnat
aneged purpose.
10 residents of this Territory, and
especially the people who have been
causing so much political dlssentOn,
TINS news Will be a great surprise. 1t
viii certainly not be received with plea
sure. Were it not that the Army and
Navy Journal enjoys such hlgh repu-
tatiOn for rellaDlllty the statement
could be taken as the emanatiOn of
sensational news monger. The Journal
however is the semi-official paper of
the army and navy departments, and
statements which appear in it are given
more than passing consideration.
The item in question was published
in the issue of May 25th the latest date
received here, and it as follows
THE work on the Iowa having been
completed at the Port Orchard Naval
Station, that ship has returned to San
Francisco, and will resume DUTY with
the Pacific fleet. 1t is not improbable
that the Iowa may be detailed for tenn
porary service at Honolulu during the
next few months, the political situation
at that point requiring considerable
home influence to maintain quietneSS
and good behavior The harbor OF
Honolulu has been improved 50 that
| our largest vessels Will find easy en-
| trance at all stages of the tide"
While there is probably NOBODY here
who believes that the presence Of an
American battleship is necessary to
report is current in official circles on
| the Mainland shows how affairs in Ha-
| wall are regarded in certain quarters.
Most of the Journals S news emanates
| from officers and men more or less in
| tImately acquainted with affairs of the
| Army and Navy departments at WASH
| ington and that someone high In au-
| thorty seems to consider that Cond1-
| tions are very unsettled here and some
| positive stand must be taken by the
government to demonstrate that no
| foolishness will be tolerated, is evil
dent.
There is only one reason which would
| cause the government officials to re-
| gard political matters here as in a
threatening state. This is the well
| known attitude of antagonism of the
| Legislature toward the governor. The
| unClNll ana lnSOtellI WnlCn the
| Home Rule members of the Legislature
have taken in their fight against the
| Territorial Executive and their demand
| that he shall be removed have had their
! effect in Washington. The disposition
| of the home Rulers to fight the haoles
| and the spirit of antagonism against
| the men who represent the Republican
party at the head of Territorial affairs
| it is stated, are not faVorably regarded
| in Washington.
While the conditions here seem peace
| full enough and the people are not wor-
ried in the least over any actual reVo-
| luton or outbreak against the sover-
eighty of America or even against the
| government appointees here, STILL on
J the mainland, matters are not so well
| understood and the consistent policy Of
| antagonism to the governor and hatred
| of the whites manifested throughout
by the Home Rulers in the Legislature
may have had it's effect there.
4 The presence of the Iowa as a repre-
sentative of home influence" is uni
versally regarded here as unnecessary.
Were it not that the report of her COM
ing for that purpose been published in
j as reliable a paper as the Army and
i Navy Journal the matter would scarce
i lily be thought worth serious consider
Il alton, but with as reliable and semi
| official a paper as the Journal the mat
ter attracts much notice. 1t shows that
there is talk in official circles of dis
quiet among the people down here and
that something may have to be done tC
show the sovereignty of the United
States.
In view of this dispatch the recent
visit of the battleship Oregon is rather
being talked of. That the vessel should
have been sent so far out of her course
from Japan when she could have reach
ed San Francisco much easier by tax
| 10 oh ic ndd he
vessel was boarded here by representa-
tives of the press the officers seemed
unusually anxious to hear the news
from shore. They seemed well posted
on the fact that the Legislature, had
been in session for some time for they
inquired especially regarding politics
and asked if everything was quiet here
The fact that the officers were APP
parently so much better posted regard
ing Hawaiian affairs than is usual In
. a vessel which visits this port was
thought to be strange. 1t is now pos
sible that the orders which directed the
vessel here might have hinted at som,
possible disturbance in Hawaii. 81
far as known however none of the
! officers said anything about expecting
, trouble.
r Lieutenant Commander Pond of the
8 local naval station does not place an!
credit in the item from the Journal
: 81 do not place any credence in tina
statement" he said this morning. q.
believe that it probably originated II
the fertile brain of some writer whC
was short of interesting news. Anothe
reason which causes me to strongly dis
credit the item is the fact that tn,
politics here are simply local in char
acter and the navy would scarcely tax
any hand in anything unless 1t concern
ed International politics. When the mel
from the Boston We're landed here il
1898 it was during a political strif
which involved international matters
Conditions here have changed now
NEW SHIRTS.
L. B. Kerr e. Company have Just un