The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-10-08

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churia, bound for Washington, D. C.
where he will bring impeachment pro
ceedings against Judge Wiley of the
Federal Court of Shanghai, is LorriI
Andrews, former Attorney General OF
| this Territory. When asked for an in
terview on the subject of the trouble
with Judge Whitley last night he said:
"The situation in Shanghai has be-
come simply intolerable to the men,
bers of the American colony. Instead
of doing good Judge Wiley has done
everything in his power to disgrace
the members of the American COM
munity in that city. He poses as a
reformer for the sake of the notoriety
which ne can obtain, and through his
press agents in the papers of the
United States has declared that Shang-
hal and the American colony in par
ticular is a modern Sodom and Gomor-
rah and is unfit for habitation by de-
cent people.
"These articles in the American
papers. which have been inspired by
Judge Wilfey's imagination, have not
one iota of truth in them. The city
is and has been for the past fifty years
governed by municipal council
which has full charge of all affairs.
The English predominant in this coun-
ell and the city has been so well gov
erned that it has been considered
model on which other cities in the Far
East should be controlled. Judge Will
fey has not and never has had any
power which would enable him to regen-
crate the city or to interfere with its
government.
Gin spite of the stories which have
been spread by him that he was driv-
ing away American criminals by the
shipload, the city is exactly the same
as it was twelve months ago. He has
boasted that he was the direct repre-
sentative of President Roosevelt and
was sent there to clean out the Amer
lean colony and has through his utter
ances succeeded in disgracing the
Americans of Shanghai in the eyes of
all the other nationalities.
"Judge Wilfey's appearance in
Shanghai has been most unfortunate
for the protection of the interests of
American interests in the Far East.
He has shown himself to be a mixture
of blatant demagogism and egotism
and to know nothing of law or of his
duties as a judge.
In Manila 1 understand from the best
of authority he was despised by all
classes and from what l can learn he
had no standing in his home in Mis-
souri,. In Shanghai he is socially
on account of his actions and |
his falsifcations of the real situation.
He has done more to ruin the American |
in China than anything which
mas happened in the past twenty years. |
81 am now on my way to Wash
ngton to file charges of impeachment
against him with President Roosevelt |
md, if necessary, with Congress on
he grounds of malfeasance in office
md utter disregard for the rights of
Americans in the Far East. The
charges are seven in number and are
Ill backed by affidavits. 1 feel that
bear the good will not only of the
,ntire American colony of Shanghai,
'ut also of the entire foreign popula-
ion. Only a few days before leaving
was a guest at a banquet at witch
here We're seventy-fve merchants of
he city, all of whom expressed their
yood will and also their best wishes
or the success of my mission.
81 know that the entire foreign
population feels an intense resentment
md Indignation against Judge Whitley
or the malicious attacks which he has
made on the good name and fair fame
# the city of Shanghai in his attempts
o prove it disreputable place, which
lie alone can regenerate.
"The absurdity of his claims is ap-
,arent on its face when confronted
With the facts. In one year he
las had only FIVE criminal eases
oefore his court. In one of these the
nan pleaded guilty to obtaining money
nder false pretenses. In one the ae-
used left the country. Another was
Filipino convicted of rape and the
ther two were cases in which convie-
ions were obtained but which have
10Th been appealed and in which, when
he men are brought before the Appel
ate Court, they will undoubtedly be
ct free. This record of only five
riminal cases in an American popula-
ion of 1000 residing in the city per-
and of a floating population
f from 1000 to 5000 should say was
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