Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19

Koreans, who form a part of the labor
force on the great Baldwin plantation. The
last was more easily suppressed by the
police. 1t was matter of much surprise
that the rather stolid Koreans should get
on such a rampage
Agitation Among the Japanese.
Among the more excitable Japanese, some
new disturbing influences seem recently to
have been active in the shape of certain
demagogue radicals, who have been set
ting the Japanese against their consul
Mkt Sato. The influence Of this gentle
man has been habtualy and very judi
clously exercised toward maintaining order
and quieting disturbed feelings among his
countrymen. He has on several occasions
successfully interviewed in cases of diff
Guilty arising on the plantations. Although
in many localities the Japanese laborers
form the larger part Of the population, their
riotous tendencies have hitherto been peace
ably quelled through consular and other
good influences. Among the latter are to
be named the very wholesome and efficient
influence of some twenty japanese Chris
tan preachers, usually men of consider
able education and refinement, to whose
support the plantations generally contrib
ute with hberality. These preachers labor
under the auspices of the Congregational
and Methodist churches, both of which
through their official agencies conduct ac-
tive missions for the benefit of the three
Asiatic peoples who form a large ma iority
OF our present island population. Nearly
one-fourth of the whole expense of these
missions is contributed by societies on the
continent, the rest being raised on these
islands.
Many schools are conducted nv those
missions for the benefit OF the children of
the Asiatics, who are therein taught in
thelr own languages, and trained in Chris
tan knowledge. At the same time for a
part of each day the pupils attend the
regular government schools where thew
are taught in English. The parents highly
NJ o5r-r,
young Asiatics become materially Ameri-
canized. OF the 10000 pupils in the public
schools of Hawaii territory the Japanese
form about 16 per cent, the Chinese 8 per
cent, the Portuguese % per cent the
Hawaiian and part Hawaiian 45 per cent
and Teutonic whites per cent 1t is to be
noted that the great ma jority of the
Asiatics are here without wives, and hence
have only one-fourth of the children. al
though they number 10000 of the whole
10000 people.
Volcanic Activity.
The desired display of volcanic activity
has continued for the past three months in
the most satisfactory manner at Kilauea,
and it's nearly starved-out hotel has conse-
quently enjoyed an ample supply of busi-
ness from tourists and residents. The ex-
hibit of fireworks in the inner crater seems
to have been unusually fine during the past
month. The molten lava lake seems to be
still at great depth in the pit below the
main moor of the crater, where spectators
stand to view the terrific spectacle of its
surgingS and spoutings. Probably it is
from 400 to 500 feet down, occupying an
area of nearly ten acres. number of fire
fountains are distributed over that area
spouting internationally through the red
hot crust which covers the white hot mol
ten lava underneath. The intervals of ac-
tivity in each fountain average twenty min
utes, continuing from five to ten minutes
during which time the white hot lava jets
up from twenty to fifty feet, the surge often
crowned with fiery name of blowing cres.S
driven by the escaping gases.
The spectacle is always terrific to the new
conner, and to those most accustomed, ex-
tremely impressive, especially in the night
when the fires seem excessively brilliant
Occasionally a visitor cannot tear himself
from the fascinating sight until 1t has
paled in the morning dawn.
1 wish to earnestly eXhort all Pacific tour
lists to include Kilauea in their scheme of
travel. 1t is absolutely the most brilliantly
impressive spectacle accessible on the face
of this globe. Niagara, Yellowstone, Yose-
mite Victoria Falls bear comparison
to Kflaueas glory and terror. And withal
it is entirely safe and harmless, while you
travel thither and lodge there in all comfort
Steamers, railway, and easy staging for
ten miles carry you safe to an excellent
hotel on the brink of the great crater
Thence good horses convey you safely down
and across the black lava two miles to the
inner pit, where the splendor bursts on the
view. For eighty years white men have
frequented this crater, and no casualty has
ever occurred through all its varying and
occasionally violent conditions.
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