The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-11
The Conquest
OF SaghaHen


because of the way which lost it In degree
no doubt the feeling in Japan the recovery of Sagan is SINH
restored her Japan lost Saghen through the encroacg and
discriminating policy of Russia combined with the internal difficulties
of the Japanese Empire the time the civil which the
Emperor his powers AS far back as 1852 after Russia had nsd
Ousy encroached upon the Japanese title that island having
ceeded in obtaining all part oth degree,
as to Russian claims to the whole island Both Japan and her Envoy
Matsudaa have known the character of the with which
they dealing shown by the account OF the negotiations
recently related.
"The Envoy equal landed in
Europe he collected every important city he visited copy of the
authentic worlds atlas and also paid visit the observatory
whenever there He greatly relieved find that both
the aliases he purchased the globes he examined the obse
tories confirmed the 5oh degree dnaon theory tor in BOTH the
Russian and the japanese portions Saghaen divided by line
drawn across that latitude The first thing which Madara did on
reaching St Petersburg was to procure copy OF the atlas printed IN
Russia Maudara thus prepared to meet gnae The two
representatives unmatched for the former
years old and the other e. MaSudras proposal to demt the
boundary line the oh degree of latitude first received with
by Ignae who remarked that Russia we'll content with
the present arrangement of leaving the island place Of common
residence for the subjects of the countries concerned Japan
aI te yo lamJ snnJerd to her 70 ETatsm1aira argrent
that the 5O degree confirmed by the aliases and globes
of all the of Europe the Russian acOnicaly
replied that Russia had nothing do with the geographical notions
other When quoted the atlas
support OF his argument gnaef cooy replied that such
trustworthy compilation by private publisher vaueess
map compiled by the Government The day that map
duced but the sharp OF Maudara noticed that that map
had been tempered with and that the different oors by which the
two sections north and south of the 5h line had been originally dis
mgmhed had been hurrd re-coored with one pigment was an
imposition and clumsy imposition at that Strengthening his
Matsudaa declared that he could believe
map guided the point by
the globes and other geographical works reference kept the
Government Observatory Petersburg He that he be
taken gnaef that he had before him dplo
mast who least his match and he made
plausible for taking his opponent the Observatory At
last he obliged to acquee the 5oh degree proposal
Unfortunately Matsudairas clever ultimately
unavang civil which foreign affairs the back
ground Russia took advantage the couns distraction and liter
ally forced Japan to cede the island 87a transaction that never
popularity ratified by the people Of Japan
According taken 1897 Sagaen had $4,000 nhab
ants comprising 5000 concts sentenced to hard labor 5000 sol
diers officials 5000 natives Gyaks, Anzes and Tguses
settlers who had their convcs and
wives and children Of involuntary coonists"
interesting question arises what Japan will do with the
The dispatches say that they have already released many
political prisoners