The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-11-21

Klamp is connected Is looking after the
warship's interests.
The Lena arrived in San Francisco
September IL, 1904, with twenty-one Of
ficers and five hundred men, but with
her boilers damaged. 1t was then
found that she had come to watch and
possibly interfere with Japanese ship
ments from that port.
The Japanese Consul at San Fran
cisco Immediately demanded that the
cruiser be ordered to depart within
twentyfour hours The collector of the
port refused. Meanwhile the Lena ask
ed time to repair. Three days later
President Roosevelt ordered that the
Lena be dismantled, and ordered the
vessel held at Mare Island until the
close of the war. the officers and men
to be paroled pending a decision as to
their disposition.
fFrom Mondays Advertiser)
The mysterious Russian Is still with
/ us and her mysterious Captain still
keeps within his clam she'll Not only
did he fail to appear when the party
of medical men were aboard, but the
men of his ship have no solution to
offer to his silence. The officers re-
main excessively polite and diplomatic
ally silent and the men, of whom thir-
ty-six We're ashore yesterday, were evil
| IDENTIFY under orders TO keep their
mouths shut. In fact, 1t was distinctly
! given out that granting shore leave
Sunday was purely an experiment. OF
the four hundred fifty men aboard, less
than one in ten was allowed ashore,
and the privileged ones were told that
/ IL would depend upon their demeanor
while ON land as TO whether or not
there would be any more shore leave
| granted.
DR.. Cofer and a large party of doc
tors from the Territorial Medical AS
sociation called on the ships surgeon
and were most Hospitality received
With the greatest suavity the officer OF
the deck explained that the purpose OF
their visit to Honolulu was on account
of their great regard for the health Of
the men. I'VE have been on Ions
cruise" the diplomatic gentleman IL
uniform graciously deigned to remark
in the purest Of English, 'and 1t /:
much better for the men that we come
ashore rather than keep them too lonl
at sea. 1t is not good for their health
TO be on the sea too long. 1t is alsc
better for the morale of the ship"
However, they were courteously
shown around the vessel, to a certain
extent, but not an intimation of being
introduced to the Captain was Offered
nor was any mention of his name ever
made. The suave officer of the Car
with all his diplomacy which in Rus
sia is said to be simply polite tern
for something else-doubtless mad
one very true remark.
I'VE are very glad indeed to be 4
port" said he, with polite bow indi
eating that 1t was the height of his de
light on earth to be permitted to en-
tertain such a distinguished party O
gentlemen. And thereby hangs a tai,
With all their orders and with a
their explanations that they could nc
b talk English, the sailors and marine
ashore finally gave the following ver
sion of the trip to Honolulu. Whe
the Lena left San Francisco. she lei
under sealed orders. When those OF
ders were opened, no one know
Whether they We're opened In tn
}. neighborhood of the Aleutian Island
! and were found 10 order the vessel I
r. Honolulu to await orders, or wheths