The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-15
CALL TELLS
ALL ABOUT
THE War
SPECIAL BY LEASED WIRE"
FROM HONOLULU GIVES WHAT
is NEWS HERE.
by r. o. Matheson.
Special by Cable and Leased Wire
to The CAL.

" ne NchAA'
HONOLULU, November 7.-'Should
the emergency arise, we offer our
selves courageously to the state, thus
to guard and maintain the prosperity
of our imperial throne.
This was the message delivered to
the Emperor of Japan in Tokyo on
Sunday by a special messenger sent by
the Japanese residents of Hawaii Ac-
companying the message which pledg-
ed in such unequivocal terms support
to the home government in the event
of war, was an address conveying in
exkravagant phrase the loyalty of
the emperor's subjects in these islands
and acquainting his majesty with the
progress they had made in learning, in
assimilating the benefits of the white
mans civilization and in material pros
perity
Perhaps it did not require this plain
declaration to acquaint Americans with
the fact that in the event of a conflict
between this nation and the arrogant
little conquer of the Slav every Japa-
nese resident of America-colony and
mainland--could be counted upon as a
foe, ready to do his utmost, openly
or under cover, to aid his emperor. The
Unborn patriotism of the brown man
is as proverbial as his treachery When
dealing with an alien. But the man
ner in which the address to the
throne was prepared and forwarded
well illustrated the need of carefully
watching the Japanese in Hawaii
should any occasion arise when they
can do their home government a
service while striking a blow at the
land of their temporary adoption,
$50 secretly were the Hawaiian
Japanese canvassed and so quietly were
the meetings conducted at which pre-.
parations were made for the dispatch.
ing of a special messenger to Tokyo
that not until today was a white resi-
dent of Honolulu aware that the actor
had been taken. How the news feakeC
out is known only to the territorial
officials, who have lost no time il
acquainting Washington with the facts
There is great Indignation among
Americans here, not so much because
the Japanese have pledged their loyal.
ty to the emperor but because of the
secret methods pursued at time wher
the brown residents of the islands wert
perturbed over the ordering of the
battleship fleet to the Pacific ana &C
tually believed that war was near
Had they been open in their express
sion of patriotism less would hav,
been thought about it.
1T is known that the Japanese il
Hawaii maintain a compact organiza
ton, which is ready in any emergenc,
to place itself at the disposal of tn
home government. Since the relation
between the two nations have appeare
strained as result of the American at
titude on the immigration question, I'll
lowed by the ordering of the Atlanti
fleet to the Pacific, there has bee
great activity in a secret way anon
the Japanese. Frequent meetings hav
been held and what occurs at thes
gatherings has been carefully guarC
ed.
In the event of any clash betwee
the United States and Japan the JaI
anese in Hawaii will be as a unit /
giving loyal support to the empero
And every subject of the oriental m,
march living here is nrmly of the b,
lief that such conflict is near"