The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-20
FAMOUS MAN
IN COMPANY.
Lord Stannore Is
Head Of Guano
Concern.

Not in many years has such a mem
orable expedition set forth from Ho-
nolulu for the South Seas as that in
volving the departure yesterday OF the
British s. $. 1sleworth crowded with
the last of the Gilbert Islanders who
are going back to their island home.
yesterdays voyage was a short one,
from the Railway wharf to the an
chorage outside the harbor near the
bell buoy. There the vessel remained
throughout the day. The delay In set
ting out in the long voyage was due
to Mr.. Arundel waiting for private
cablegrams from London. Early this
morning Mr.. Arundel will so aboard,
and within half an hour later the an
Choir will be weighed
The 220 Gilbert Islanders were a hap
by lot on board yesterday. They spent
the day in talking over the prospect
of their arrival and in rearranging
their deck space with n view to OBJ
tanning the most comfort out OF the
hard planks. This done they held pray
er meetings under the direction OF
their missionary, Mr.. Isaia. Psalm
'''ubiNu iiic anu
night they huddled down to their last
slumbers in Hawaii nei
The vessels chartered by the Paci-
fic Islands Company may frequently
be seen in this port loaded with qua
no froN Ocean Island as the compa-
ny holds itself in readiness to supply
the local fertilizer company with car.
goes at any time. The company,
through its experts, have blocked out,
on Ocean Island alone, 5O000,000 tons
of phosphates. 1t expects to work out
the coming year 100000 tons for Ha-
wall, Australia. New Zealand, CONT
entail Europe and Japan, the latter
country sending its own steamship,
the Arachi Maru, for cargoes. AS
the 1sleworth brought only 1000 tons
here, some idea can be gained of the
magnitude of the companys opera
tions. The company also. controls
Pleasant Island and Clipperton Island,
the latter off the coast of Mexico m
the Pacific ocean.
Mr.. Arundel was recently in Mexico
and secured the permission of the
government of that country to ship
the Clipperton Island phosphates. Mr..
Arundel had audience with President
Diaz, and it was through this modern
ruler of the land of the Montezumas
that the concession was gained Clip
perton Island was once claimed by
France. but diplomacy with the Mon
roe doctrine hazily apparent, prevent
ed the tri-color from floating over II.
"A claim was advanced ut one time
that the island belonged to the United
states but an objection was made by
Mexico and the result was that 1t
M a los
1t Is the opinion of Mr. Arundel that
clipperton Island would be magni-
hcent coaling station for any power
with interests in or bordering on the
Pacific, with the shelter 1t affords for
I vast number of vessels.
The Pacific Islands COMPANY. Of
which Mr.. Arundel is Deputy Chair
man. haS for its chairman noble
'snnection of on. of Engand's most
interesting personages. This is Lord
'tanmore, formerly Sir Arthur Gordon.
me first British Governor of the Fiji
Islands. Lord Stanmore is the uncle
d the present Lord Aberdeen. His
hther was prime minister of England
turing the Crimean war After max
ilS an exemplary record as Governor
d fl1i Lord Stanmore was Governor
u new Zealand, and lastly of Ceylon,
" Ieh ne retired from public service.
AS Governor of Fiji, Lord Stanmore
stamped MS native policy of the groun
II a manner which made him the be-
oVed OF the islanders. For the nav.
Iieht of taxes the natives turned into
ne government cocoanuts and yarious
PRODUCTS of the soil, his object being
% cause them to turn their minds ana
'ahds to the cultivation of the islands.