The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-22

The 1aDarfse rfuIs0f n fffWr. ava
fOi await the arrival NJ che Whaitn.
ana ihf Japanese tummisfluHrf deter.
MINED not tn fsmrini hut fifteen ma
rinss we're ief, on MARCUS w charge VI
lieutenant. Who was provided with
Minister Bucks letter a. captain ituEe-
hill. that "a would be- inadylsabie a.
nese man-of-war" captain Rofehiil
may reply 80 the young Japanese lieu
tenant that he failed 10 See" any jap
anese man-of-war and that Minister
Bucks advice cut no Ice" with him
as against the license he carried from
the United states Department ~ state
20 exploit Marcus for guano. Aud he
may add that he had. Including himself
fourteen men fairly well equipped with
rifles and ammunition. but that never
iheless his purposes were peaceful. and
that his fourteen would not do any
thing definite" to the Japanese fifteen
unless the japanese attempted TO do
something definite" to them.
Tn. Marcus island Incident has been
wired all over the United states and
has even found mention In the London
Times. Captain Rosehill has "A chance
for national. II not International dis
tinction. and II he fails to expert the
guano beds In consequence OF being
nFlNen away UN tuI'IlNT luiifs ~
be sure OF a job from the Boston Lyce-
um Bureau at two hundred dollars a
night lecturing to eastern and western
audiences on "The Guano Bird and the
American Eagle" with music furnished
by Hawaiian singers. a curtain raiser
might precede the lecture with n song
by Mr.. Dooley:
Here's to the American aigle
The proud bird OF freedom all hail
Whose power sure no Jap can inveigle
or put salt on his beautiful tail"
But Rosehill is a hard headed Yankee
graft on a scandinavian stem, and he
is after guano, not glory. We predict
that the air of Marcus will not be filled
with the clash OF resounding arms. AS
q complete answer to Minister Bucks
letter. Rosehill will present the Japa-
nese document he carried from here,
assuring the japanese lieutenant and
his marines that his errand is scientific
and peaceful and not warlike; that he
wishes to examine and assay and
measure the guano deposits and take
samples thereof, and gather specimens
of the fauna and fora. That II he Is
not molested in his measures, he WILL
when 1t Is accomplished sail away and
the two governments Will do the rest.
And what that rest will be will depend
upon the extent ana quality
Of the rock phosphate DEPOSITS on Mar
Gus. The presumption is that those de-
posts are large and valuable, for what
Would the millions Of comics have been
doing there for millions of years IL not
engaged IN preparing a basis for fer
tilizing Hawaiian canefields and Cali
fornia citrus orchards?
And If the guano deposits are large
and valuable. why then the question of
ownership of Marcus will be submitted
to arbitration, ara it looks as If the
United Siates-and incidentally Rose
hill-had long ways the best of the
argume n.
But f me fifteen Japanese marines
should chance to be ugly and refuse to
allow Rosehlll and his mon to land and
take samples, those who know that
gentleman say that he will carry out
his Instructions to land anyhow. and
make a camp at the other end of the
island, and put up the American Nag,
and yield only to superior force, ana
.hat he will not consider fifteen Japa-
nese marines a superior force. He VIII
obey Minister Bucks instructions not
to do anything definite" against a
Japanese war vessel, but he will not
consider II doing anything definite"
to stay ann he has accomplished the
purpose Of his trip upon the island he
first explored, and upon which he plant
ed the st$ss and stripes thirteen years
ago, before ever a japanese set foot
upon the is,and