The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-09
"TaE JAPANESE
MENACE To- BAWAII"
By A. MORN.
(Continued.)

4 t1oittinueu1
| He called US 1.-The willy Jap" which
i is very rude term. It clearly shows
that his mind was full with preoccu-
pants from the first. He went to ia
pan with anti-Japanese sentiment, and
observed things there through coIored
glasses, so everything was seen In that
light. If he is a California 1aborer, it
is all right to use such a base term;
but it is a shame for WELL bred gen.
tIeman to call others by such an in
sultinG term
Next he remarked, I'm the Hawaiian
Islands is the beautiful city and port
of Honolulu. This is absolutely with
out protection and could easily be oc-
cupied by a foe. And there are on the
islands about 10000 japanese. Osten-
sibly Shese Japs are coolie laborers, but
was reliably informed that 10000 OF
this number are trained soldiers. plod-
ding along quietly as faithful servants,
but patiently awaiting the time when
they can appear in their true light
and shout .Banzai' as they attempt to
take Honolulu for Japan"
What a ridiculous remark it isl How
could he get those statistics? He
must have obtained the figures from a
reliable source, for he can not be a
gentleman who talks what he is not
sure of only to buy a hurrah by a
temporary excitement But such a re-
mark only deserves laughter from the
Japanese. Does it deserve TO sound
minded people a serious consideration?
Now, there are some 10000 japanese
in Hawaii, so it is certain that there
are some 100 reserves among the Japa-
nese residents. They are the veterans
of the China-Japanese war or the
Russo-Japanese war and came here to
work on plantations or in stores. Their
highest honor is to die for the Mikado
and Mikado's empire, but they came
here only to gain fortunes by their hon.
est work. They were regular soldiers,
but now they are honest iaborers.
What danger is there from them?
Many hundred thousand veterans are
discharged by this time and some hum
dreds may come TO Hawaii to get bread
by their own sweat. Then what DAN
ger will there be? VIII they appear
in their true light and shout 'Banzai
as they attempt to take Honolulu for
Japan?
Ii there are ZU-UpU iFdI1cu ctS
Mr.. Werner mistakenly stated, it may
be easy to take Honolulu; but are they
able to keep the city long. or what
will Japan gain from an occupation of
such far distant islands?
Firstly. I can assuredly say, though
/ am a stranger in politics or navy
matters, that it is out of the question
whether Japan will be able to stand
against the United States in a contest
on land 1000 miles from Japan. Now
Japan has a naval power of some 800
COO tons. and dockyards at home and
a broad are busy in building many
frst-class battIeships. But think that
even at present more than one-third
of these ships are not efficient for
actual battle. The United states has
formidable naval power at present and
the Congress voted nearly SlGo 10000
for naval equipment just recently. Is
she in a constant fear Of losing Ro-
noIulu? And is such fear, if there
be. sound and reasonable? japanese
soldiers may take Honolulu. but they
are not winged so that they can come
here through the air, though they
could numiliate the Gar when their
sea brothers could secure the COM
between Manchuria ana
Japan.
Secondly: Will Japan gain much by
,ccupying the islands? Certainly not
What is the cost for the United states !
to build her today's navy except the
BILE addition of this year? WIN 1
finances allow her to always (
Keep in Hawaii a naval power superior
TO that of the United States, in addl-
ion to the strength enough to protect
he long coastline of Japan against the
European powers in the Far East
This is urgently necessary, and VIII
Japan gain so much as TO pay all these
enormous expenditures which come
rom the occupation of Hawaii? VINO
an boldly answer yes? When the