The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-22
THE WAR NEWS FROM MARCUS.

TnF WAR NEWS FROM MARCUS.
rh. rsDanese cruiser, 1t seems oio
rot await the arrival OF the "haieh'
a., 1ananese Commissioner deter
mined not to remain; but hfteen ma
r,res we're left on Marcus in charge OF
lieutenant, who was provided with
zf,,i.ter Bucik's letter to Captain Rose
hin THAT it would be inadvisaoie 10
ao anything definite If he saw Japa-
nose rnan-of-war." Captain Rosehih
may reply to the young japanese heu-
tenant that he failed TO "see' any jap
anase man-of-war and that Minister
EucL.s advice "cut no ice" with MN
oe,inst the license he carried from
the United States Department OF ola'e
to exploit Marcus for guano. Anu ~
NAV add that he had, including hiiiiSe.'
fourteen men fairly well equippeu WIN
80. ana ammunition, but that never
tbeIess his purposes were peaceiui' 1i'u
that his fourteen would not 90 any
thing definite" to the japanese nileeh-
unless the Japanese attempted TO 90
.ssomething definite to them.
Thu Marcus fSldIlQ iAlOANSAA~
wired all over the United states anu
bas even found Icention in the Lohoon
Times. Captain Rosehil has chahce
for national, if not International
tinction. and if he fails to expert Tue
s,,Iano beds in consequence Oh oeo
driven away by superior force ne wan
he sure of a Job from the Boston Lyce-
-, puraau at two hundred dollars
night lecturing to eastern ana "eslel Il
audiences on 'The Guano Bro anu inc
American Eagle" with music furhisheu
bv Hawaiian singers. A curtain RAISER
might precede the lecture with song
by Mr.. Dooley:
"IJere's TO the American aigle
Tta ,,rord bird of freedom all HAIL
whose mower sure no Jap can inyeigle
OR nut salt on his beautiful tail.
Rut Rosehin is a hard-headed Yankee
craft on a. Scandinavian stem, anu ne
fs after guano. not glory. We predlct
that the air of Marcus will not be fileo
with the clash of resembling arms AS
eanonIete answer to Minister Buck
letter. Rosehfll will present the. Japi-
nese document he carried from mere
assuring the Japanese lieutenant anu
his marines that his errand IS Sclehlliic
and peaceful and not wariike; that ne
x,iebes TO examine and assay ana
measure the guano deposits and take
samples thereof, and gather specimens
of the fauna and flora. That IL ne Is
NOT molested in his measures, ne WILL
when 1T is accomplished, sail away ana
tbe-two governments will do the rest
And what that rest will be win depend
altogether upon the extent ana qudii'y
of the rock phosphate deposits on MAI
Gus. The presumption is that those oe-
nosits are large and valuable, for what
would the millions of comics have Deeh
doing there for millions of years If not
engaged in preparing a basis 1or Ter
tfIizing Hawaiian canefields ana Saii-
fornia citrus orchards?
And if the guano deposits are large
and valuable, why then the question OF
oxvnership of Marcus will be submitted
IN arbf.cation,a ira it looks as II the
United States-and incidentally Rose
hill-had a long ways the best or the
argument,
But 4 the fifteen Japanese marines
should chance to be ugly and refuse TO
allow Rosehill and his men to land ana
take samples. those who know that
gentleman say that he will carry out
his Instructions to land anyhow, ana
make camp at the other end OF the
island. and put up the American nag
and yield only to superior force, and
that he will not consider fifteen Japa-
nese marines a superior force. He Will
obey Minister Bucks instructions not
to s.do anything definite" against
Japanese war vessel. but he will moi
consider it doing anything definite
to stay until he has accomplished the
purpose of his trip upon the island ne
first explored, and upon which he plant
ed the stars and stripes thirteen year:
ago. before ever Japanese set foo
Upon the island.
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