The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-12
GOING MUM ON
HIS WAR RECORD

With insurance 50 high that a full
cargo is now luxury. the steamship
America Maru of the Togo Kisen Kai-
sha line, arrived at Honolulu yesterday
at noon with only ESQ tons of rnerchan-
disc for this port, and but 800 tons for
San Francisco. The high rate of in
surance makes it almost prohIbitory for
the vessel to obtain much cargo. as
shippers do not care TO add to expenses
in that connection. The fact that The
America Maru is a japanese vessel,
liable to capture by Russian war
ship-although that is a remote pos
sibility-prevents the Maru from doing
much business at present. Her sister
ships the Nippon Maru and Hongkong
Aaru are stil1 used as army transports
and are armed as cruisers.
Captain Going, formerly of the Kip
pom Maru, is in command Of the Ameri-
ca Maru this trip. On the return of
the vessel TO Yokohama he win be re-
lieved by Captain FlIner. formerly of
the Hongkong Maru. Lacy Goodrich is
the purser and Mr.. Roberts the freight
clerk. The America Maru viii continue
on her run between Hongkong and san
Francisco via Honolulu, as in former
times. although she is not a money
maker by any means.
Captain Going has had an interesting
experience as a Japanese transport COM
n1ander, since the Japan-Russo war be-
gan, but he maintains a strict silence
on the subject which the Advertiser
man was unable to break through.
Captain Going admits that he was in
command of the RoseIla Maru which
was used almost from the start of the
war for Transporting japanese soldiers
10 Korea and Manchuria, but where he
went TO during that time he absolutely
refused to divulge.
I am sorry that I cannot tell you
where 1 went. but it is impossible for
me to divulge the movements of my
transport or any other transport, said
the captain.
Captain Going was given release
extremely likely that he transported
troops above Korea and probably as
sisted in getting them ashore on the
ManchurianL peninsula.
Both the Hongkong Maru and the
Nippon Maru were engaged at the time
in similar transportation work Both
vessels. says the captain, were in the
same fleet the day he left for Maya
sad in May.
AS TO the future of the Togo Kisen
Kaisha company, it is stated by officers
of the America Maru that General
Manager Avery and Mr.. Shiraishi have
gone to Europe. the intention being 10
purchase or charter two steamships TO
take the places of the Hongkong and
Nippon Maru-
The America Maru's voyage was IN
evenfful She left Hongkong on June
q, Shanghai, June -; NagasakL June
IS; Kobe June %, and Yokohama, July
, The voyage TO Honolulu from Ycko-
hama was made in nine days, twelve
hours and fIfty-two minutes
Among the passengers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Marta, who return from a trip to
japan Mr. Martha is an employee Of
the local postoffice. Among the through
passengers are Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson,
Of Sunderland. England. The former IS
a wealthy ship owner Count T. Todo
is a young japanese 1obleHan en- route
to Cambridge 10 take collegiate
course.
x. Mizuno, japanese correspondent
of the Osaka Asachf and the kioto f
Shinbun. is en- route to The World s .
Fair. He was escorted about the city
Yesterday by Editor Shiozawa Of the
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making section Of the Advertiser II is
his purpose to visit the big newspaper +
Offices on the mainland 10 ascertain +
American methods Of getting out the
news
The vessel left for san Francisco at
6 T. N. yesterday. carrying mail