Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-09
BISHOP HARRIS
CLOSELY Gil !bDEb
Says lie Gave ut No
lHlLrvieW on
KOrc 3ns

The Gen Francisco parCrc cJ5.e
5ishoJ i7arrls 80 saying that ne h4s
70 Interview will, sry henelglu reas
paper. He is no doubt misre?rcso ...
cd. The Bulletin representative
met the rishop OF the steamer ard
was uiycn q, interview which he care.
fully dictated. IN this, howe !cr, ne
mace no fe;ercne, to korei. TIE ma
representation Of the sishcp was pLb
lIshei in the morn!1g paper.
TODAY-BIsHOP HARRIS
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April So
Bishop Mcrriman c. Harris OF the
Methods, Episcopal church, who u
rived frtm the Ori2n; yesterday on
the !Iaar Korea. found WAITING for
him = number OF sinister warning
AMI an AIMED guard instead o. the
NE greetings of his church b.eth-
rem. The bishop had been quoted in
the Honolulu papers ,fliseiy, he
says), as indor5ing Japan's policy in
Korea and as expressing sentiments
similar to the words that cost Dur.
ham White Stevens his life in this
WY ''" "''ho hSo at NhN VI
fanatical Koreans. The Honolulu
Koreans, who read the alleged inter.
view after the liners departure.
cabled to their cOuntrymcn in this
city with the suggestion. II Is doc'ar-
ed. that they LAY" for the prclatC
when he arrived here.
General Passenger Agent a. G. ID.
Kerrell handed the bishop several
kilograms, and cablograms. all con.
! tanning warnings from friends. One
cablegram. unsigned. was from Homo.
lulu. Another cah'c was from United
States Minister O'Brien ut Tokyo.
The cablcgram from Honolulu was
rs follows:
Honolulu pres quotes you In lnrS'
ing Japanese policy In kOfcl: that
you intend communicating same to
Roosevelt and Root. Koreans excited
AMI clb'cl San Francisco You will
. be c0nfrCnJcd IN landing"
Captain Berry. United States rcve.
= ruC cutter service. commander q tiC
! Golden Gate. remained, at the bish.
pp's side until the liner locked when
III armed guard from the revenue GU.
tor came on board. This lcferai mo
I tr"''ur was rCinfOrccl by betacti"o
/ '."'9n IN charge of Il squad Of plain
! ClJ'h"s policemen. The b!ShCp -
n I'D IN board the Korn' last night
G'.i steamer and the bishops per
~ being carefully guarGod. The
bon Of his dep Irture will BE- kept So
q e.. The bishop will not set foot IN
: tho city. aud any Korean who ap
r'"tchcG him ~ the Oakland mole
VII - 20 at the peril Of his ifc.
"Tnr Koreans aye my Irl rd' "nd
- G"r the japanese" said Bishop
I.n.r.s yesterday. AS missionary
hayc always avoided ln.crieriaG
with politics both in Japan ana Korea,
! gave no interview 10 any honolulu
newspaper. | was there for only u
few hours and that time | spent plea
sanity. the greater part of 1t with
my Korean friends there.
I'm the course of private CONVEX
satiOn ! expressed regret AT Mr.. Ste
vens' death aud ] suppose my re
marks were repeated with variations
! regret the present situation, parti
! cullrly because ! was looking forwarj
TO meeting the Korean colony in SaI
Francisco. As II is am In the hands
, Of my friends and you will excuse nj
II | do not discuss either Korea o.
Japanese at this time"
Through their attorney. Nat c
, Coshlan. members of the Korean col
. Ony of this city last night issued
statement denying that any plot ha'
, been laid for the assassination o
Bishop Mcrriman Colbert Harris, an
asserting that the whole thing ha'
been instigated by the Japanese gov
: crnment for the purpose of working
2 injury to them.