The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-11

Japan ssys she does not want IIa-
wzii. while at the same time she
keeps sending Der people 70 the island
b the hundreds and thousands.
There are - the present time some
$500 n the loyal gss5iccsg cf the
zaIka10 On the island. and these. to
the thinking of some Auesicsns. are
. menace % the interests c& the
Tinted States and are buf the initial
step to The roniIscaslon 81 he group
Of Islands by Japan when favorable
opportunity shall present itself On
the other hand. II We are 10 take
JapsH's word for II ~ exp1.sszd by
her most prominent and Influential
..atesmen. Japan has 20 more thought
q gaining p0Ssession of this outpost
a Columbia in the Pacific than she
has of going still farther vest and an
aexIng California. thing which some
alaFmisis at San Francisco are trying
p make themselves believe Is poxSE-
BE.
Il Ia not only claimed that Japan Il
encouraging her people to settle In
Hawaii but that she ls sending for
mef soldiers there who are prepared
20 take orders from representatives
o. their emperor in preparation for
war However much Or little there
MAJ " in All this talk. ii Il certain
that Hawaii IS rapidly being Japanned.
The little, aggressive brown men out
number The whites seven ID one.
There are more than 5000 Chinese
and only about 5000 OF other people.
But when one talks of conquest. mill
taTy OF commercial, one counts only
the able bodied men, men Eh0 can
carry hoe Or gun, WELD a sword
Or Den-aHd Or these there are more
than 10000 and perhaps $4,000 Japa-
nese. forming from 81 to 50 per cent.
Of the male population. With the 20.
900 Chinese meu ihsee-scrsans Ct r..
the people capable Of performing the
duties Of soldier are AsiatIcs. OF
whites. the men who are sworn to de-
fend American interests, there are
fewer than 10000. and many OF these
are Portuguese and other Europeans
without concern in the glory Of the
Stars and Stripes.
II is apparent that in Hawaii the
balance OF manual strength lies With
the Japanese Joined by his brethren
Of the queue, II would mean three to
one against all others here. and seven
Or more TO one against the whites.
Rather long shot for Uncle Sam
to play In these troubIons times. even
II the race Is straight and to the
speedlest
But what are the Japanese doing
here? One may listen to strange
stories Of honest Iaborers assembled
by company and regiment in mo0nlll
fields, OF trills al midnight in lonely
places and other weird. incredible
tales Of wariike preparations BY the
mikado's men in Hawaii now. Sift
them and you have but thin sub
stance for the ominous mass said to
shadow our sovereignty Perhaps
band Of Pake youths. Chinese cadets
in Christian schools, fash their tin
bayonets IN the cool Of the evening
out Kalihi way or wave their pewter
swords under the plumy palms or in
the clearings Of the sugar and paddy
fields
Ask Gov. Carter or the police and
they smile induIgentIy. as il to say
many have been bewitched by the sea
OF kimonos and wooden clogs. But
whisper to Bob Kidd. a leading
Journalist here, or TO 'Scotty,g the
leading dispensary proprietor, or 10
hundred others not helping to rule the
islands, and they will draw vivid pic.
lures OF what they have seen. Differ.
ences OF opinion are many, but the
man in the street here believes Japan
just waits 10 take into her nav these
fair coral dots. that the ambition Of
Nippon rs TO float the red ball On the
white field over Capt Cooks discoy-
cry. and that every last mothers son
Of Japan viii arise at ? prearranged
signal and seize the government.
These ideas have become prevalent
only since the peace between Russia
and Japan WAS made They arose
primarily from Japan's sudden bound
into the family Of the great nations
and her startling exhibition Ok mll
tary and commercial genius In war
and peace since the century began.
Whereas Until few years ago the
entire importation Of Japanesa was Of
the laboling class, now different
kind enters And this despite a. d..
slres Of the sugar planters, who fostey
the immigration. To understand this
one must 60 little into the history
Of the Japaneae movement to Hawaii
There - little else grown In Hawaii