Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-11
BAu0U Says We
Want JAPANESE
Does Not Worry over
Prospect OF Hawaii's
Safety
HOPES MORE LABORERS
WILL COME To ISLANDS
SAYS JAPANESE BRING THEIR
FAMILIES AND SETTtE-JA-
PAN COULD TAKE ISL.
ANDS--BUT

/ publishes the following in its Issue OI
/ November 2O
/ Sidney Ballou. II lawyer Of Honour
/ In, Is at the ShOreham. lie Is Intensely
. Interested in the development Of the
| Hawaiian Islands. and says in passing
! that the heavy immigration Of Japan
/ csc Is not u menace. His attention wa
called to II dispatch from Japan tina
| 10000 Nipponesc were In Yokohama.
waiting to be transported to Honolulu.
lie said: 81 can hardly believe that is
true: but. If so. IL Is good news"
But does not the Japanese popula-
. lion of Hawaii already Outnumber that
of all other nati0nalitics combined?
he was asked.
why. yes. five to one, | should say.
but what Of that" he replied. "If there
IL to be- trouble with Japan. the mere
fact OF a pTcpondcrancc Of japanese
on the islands does not mean any thing
/ They might rise and take the islands
II they wished; they are strong enough
nothing. The zeal struggle for their
possession would be on the sea.
Japan Dependent on America
Il doubt that there will be any
trouble between Japan aud the United
States. because realize fully how
much .Iapan's prosperity. which h
growing. depends on the United States.
don't know the exact proportion. but
should say that fully Is per cent OF
her exports are purchased by this cOun-
try. and you may be sure that the Or
iental merchant Is TOO keen to permit
any light matter to lead his countryRin-
TO war. Japan has not recovered from
the effects Of her war with Russia. ana
She must devote years Of eifor; and heI
best energies to the development Oi
her resources.
AS to the troubles In San Francisco
over the Japanese school children, II
comes. as all the anli-Japanose feeling
on the Pacific Coast has come prlm-
arily. from the labor unions. OF course
they are power. and they have a
right to seek redress for any fanCiCd
grievances In any Legitimate way. but
II Is unfortunate that they should have
chosen the japanese to pick upon.
Glad to Get Jap immigrants
The great question Of today In lla'
vail IL the labor problem. and II Is the
hardest we are called upon to solve
The immigration of japanese has done
much to help us, and recently we have
been encouraging Portuguese immigra-
ton from the Azores The Chinese
who make Ideal lnborers on the sugar
ana banana plantations, are barred. OF
course by the United States laws.
we need immigrants who will bring
their wives and families ana settle
there: make homes for themselves. and
become real citizens. The japanese
do this.
we feel that we are pretty badly oil
In Hawaii. as regards protection from
the United States, and we are hoping
that our Delegate TO Congress. Jonah
Kuhio KalanianaOle 1--WE call him
Prince Cupid on the islands, will bC
able to call attention to our needs Re.
called all battle ships from the Pacific
content to have our interests guarded
there by armored cruisers.
Not Fort on the Islands
I'VE have not even u single fort Oi
the Hawaiian Islands The last Con
gress made Il small appropriation look
ing to Notifications, and believe, Ian
for the purpose has been condemned u
4 Waikiki, at Pearl Harbor. and at Kai