The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-09
SUBSCRIPTION STARTED TO SEND
GIRLS HOME.
Poto Ricans At the Head of a Move
ment-six Girls to be Deported Via
New York.

manifesto has been issued by Will
liam Garcia and Alexandra Cadeno, two
Porto Ricans who are interested in the
shipment back to Porto Rico of such of
their countrymen and women as are
sick and unable to work. William Gar
cia, now employed by the police de-
partment is with Cedeno asking for
subscriptions from the Porto Ricans
who are working. Small sums only are
asked for the immediate purpose of
sending back six girls under the care
of an English lady who speaks Spanish
and will take them to New York.
80 many reports" says Garcia, "have
been sent to Porto Rico concerning tie
deplorable condition of the Porto Ri
cans in Hawaii that a subscription was
started by two newspapers there en-
deavOring to get enough money to-
gether to bring back to Porto Rico all
the Porto Ricans now in Hawaii This
attempt was found impracticable and
the plan has been modified and an
attempt is being made locally to send
back only those who are sick and des-
titute and unable to obtain work"
The manifesto is written in Porto Ri
can Spanish, a very different tongue
from Castillian and contains many
Porto Rican phrases calculated to make
the matter plain to Porto Ricans all of
which made translation a hard matter.
| The manifesto is printed on a single
sheet with the heading Porto Ricans in
| Bad Standing" A preamble on the con-
dition of the Porto Ricans here is fol-
| lowed by a long article setting forth
| the proposed method of sending away
six girls who have been selected as
suitable cases for deportation to their
own country
The article is headed "The Way is
Open" Subscriptions from 10 cents up
are solicited. Dresses are to be bought
| for the girls and they will be sent to
New York, how, is somewhat ambi-
guously set forth There the girls will
thank the lady who is to accompany
them and carry with her letters, also
| list of the contributors. The girls are
to appeal to the bishop and a Porto
Rican club in New York. When they
arrive at Ponca the capital of Porto
Rico, the governor will be asked by
them to find out how much in the shape
of funds has been brought in by the
paper subscriptions and describe to him
the true condition of affairs here.
| A free translation of the manifesto
runs as follows, some of the more fore
scent periods being left out.
In Porto Rico two of the papers have
started subscriptions to get these un-
| fortunates back from Hawaii. We
should not be backward but stimulate
their example and try to help the COM
mission in the following manner. Six
| girls following this same idea after we
have got the necessary funds, will leave
| here. They will want clothes. A lady
| who offers to take them speaks Spanish
very we'll also her own language, Eng
| lish She is we'll fitted for the occasion.
She will take letters from here to show
| her mission. We desire that all Porto
| Ricans should contribute ten cents, that
lis all we ask. Those who can contribute
more will be thanked. The accompany
ing lady will take a list of the cOntribu-
tors towards such a work. We only
want enough to pay for the dresses. The
| passages to New York will cost at least
$500. A gentleman has offered to con-
tract passages for that amount
When they arrive in New York an-
other subscription will be taken up.
They will call on the Bishop and will
afterwards endeavor to solicit funds. 1t
will take fifteen days to get them there.
In this large city for many years
| there has been a society called the Club
! Boreguen composed of hundreds of
Porto Ricans who, we think, should re-
ceive our commission.
l we'll understand that this request OF
these six girls is in my opinion enough
| to bring before this New York clut
that shines today like a planet. We
will place these six girls in the hands OF
this society as indicated
After thanking the lady who accom-
panies them they will take up the mat
ter of ging on to Porto Rico, giving
thanks to God. They will by the heir
of God arrive at Ponce the capital o1
our country where they will presen
themselves to the governor and tell hin
the following
We have left Hawaii to ask of the
children of the North help for the two
newspapers who have already started
subscriptions in this country praying
him to ask the commissioners thu
amount of funds in hand.
WILLIAM GARCIA, anC
ALEXANDRA CEDENO
, August 9Th, 1902,
Honolulu, Oahu Islands.