The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-12
ARE HAVING A
SHARP CONTROVERSY


lNe UAsOtMl ou ana the lNtuU'IH VIII
be an sorts Of japanese. No member
ship fee is to be charged
The row here has already been cabled
to Japan, and is reported to be attract
ing no little attention there. r. Hin
nata, a member Of Parliament and said
to be leading manager both OF the Kei
Hin Bank and the immigration com
panies, is coming here and there will
probably be some interesting develop
ments when he arrives.
Yesterday and the day before all four
japanese dailies gave much editorial
space to the difficulty, one OF them, the
Yamata Shimbun, defending the con-
sui while the other three bitterly as
sailed him. The shin Nippon, edited by
Ano, asked that the consul give answer
to the following three questions:
"First.-Are the immigration COM
panies carrying on their business with
laborers in a kindly and proper man
ner2
Seconds the Kei Hin Bank TAX
ing unlawful advantage of the immi
grants deposits?
"Third.-Does Consul Saito look on
and pass by without doing anything to
remedy the violations of law referred
to-"
Referring to the consurs statement
that there have been no immigration
companies here since 1900 this paper
says: DO you, Mr.. Saito mean this as
a merely diplomatic statement, or do
you really pretend to believe it? Prob
ably you are afraid the immigration
companies are violating the laws and
! so do not recognize them. If they are
violating the laws, it is your duty to
suppress them, and so you do not Off
cially know them. Please answer the
above questions. If your opinion is the
same as ours, if you think that there is
no need of immigration companies at
all to interfere with or help laborers to
come here, we need not spend words.
But in fact you know that the com
panies are interfering to the immi-
| grants cost and harm, and you let it
pass and only say there are no immi-
grafton companies. Probably you did
this to protect the companies. But your
statement will not do so and only in
jures your own position. If the federal
government takes the trouble to seed
an agent to Japan it will quickly find
that your statement will fall like u
house of cards. Let us ask you again
do you still insist that there are no IN o.
migration companies i'm this country o."
This roast was followed by another.
The Japan Chronicle published one in
which public opinion against the consul
was declared to be getting so strong
that it might take the form of mob vio-
lence. Reference was made to the fact
that the white population of Hawaii
had become acquainted with the situa-
ton, and it was stated that he was be-
coming an object of contempt among
Them I'VE earnestly advise you before
the Reform party takes action to throw
you out that you heroically retire from
your present position" said the Chron-
icle.
The Nippon had still another and
more severe roast of the consul. As 10
the statement that there were no i'm
migration companies, the Nippon said
Don't you know that the agents are
to be found on every corner and don't
they call every evening on you? You
know what the agent of the Kei Hin
Bank is doing here and everybody feels
that you are trying to help" The Nip
the consul, who has been here nine
years, with a pool of ill-smelling stag
nant water, saying he could not be toll
Grated any more. 1t referred him to
japanese poems and the Bushido, which
tell of the heroic Japanese trait, VIII sn
discovered in the wrong, of acknOwledg
ing guilt and accepting punishment.
IF you don't know the Bushido," the
editor wrote go to the Rev. ]. w.
/, Wadman and he will tell you what it
; is We advise you to resign and not
|, become the laughing stock of the white
people here"
The defender of the consul, Yamada
Shimbun, which is referred to by the
others as the cOnsul's Organ" made
reply substantially as follows:
Answering the Shin Nippon, it is not
manlike to fight with the insane. The
Shin Nippon, which is only a small pri-
Vate in the movement it discusses, has
put several questions which are not in
shape for any answering. 1t intimates
that the immigration companies and the
Kei Hin bank are doing wrong and that
the consul looks on and does nothing.
As to these statements and questions,
impeachments they should be proved
and made specific. Instead of answer
ing these questions, i'm which there is
nothing specific, we ask the Shin Nip
p pom to answer the following questions,
, which are specific
First, Can you give us an example
of an unlawful act done by the i'm
, migration companies?
t Second, What are the unlawful acts
= you allude to as done by the Kei Hin
bank or immigration companies with
immigrants money?
Third, Explain how Consul SaitC
I passed by and looked on and did moth
ing?
5 IF these questions are answered ther
. of course an appeal to the public may
p be made and the public can decda
e which side is right. The editor may say