The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-10

! They were suspected, though there wer,
no apparent reason at ALL Perhap.
they might have been suspected O
carrying mines, which is, of course
ridiculous. Or it might have beer
! policy on the part of the Peruvian
! government. They wanted to do every
thing to please the Americans. Their,
were lot of rumors circulated, tht
kind of rumor no japanese would givt
credit to, at all. As to our cargo. al
| Caliao, they said it was intended fol
making powder. They also said We
were going to make powder from Cal
/ lao potatoes which we took in. They
!, had all kinds of imagination and WE
were for while the center of suspi-
zion. These rumors We're, of course
cabled to New York where they Were
presumably exaggerated. -
| seIn no port in South America did
hear anyone say at once" said
Purser T. Ozone of the Kasato Maru.
TT was manana everywhere. Work
stopped at noon Saturday for a half
holiday. Sunday of course. no work
was done. Monday the laborers were
unable to work because of the drink
ing they had done on Sunday. 1t was
delay everywhere
The Kasato Maru has three first
class passengers, and seventy in steer
age. The first class passengers are Mr..
Chew, the Secretary of the Chinese
Legation at Lima; and Mr.. Y. Kawa-
mura and Mr.. NJ. Shindo of the Meiji
immigration Company The steerage
passengers are twenty-four Japanese
and forty-six Chinese, practically all
of them laborers who are returning to
their native lands.
The vessel brings 1900 tons of nitrates
for the Pacific Guano and Fertilizer
works, and has 5000 tons of nitrates for
Japan. The vessel is at the Railroad
wharf and will probably be here about
five days.
The Associated Press cablegram
which gave the Kasato Maru its world
wide notoriety, as it was received here
was as follows:
VALPARAISO. February 1S-The
japanese steamer Kasato Maru, which
is equipped with wireless apparatus.
occupied twenty-four days in making
the trip from Iquique to ,Tocopilla.
There is much curiosity as to her mo-
tive in spending this time
AT the time the Advertiser published
the following, in connection with the
matter, which is fully borne out by
the statements of Captain Mori:
1.-THE nitrate ports include a number
l., r.
dera. One of the important ones is
Antofogasta. A number of them have
been recently established and do not
appear on any but the very latest
maps. Loading at these landings is
very slow. There are no wharves. Yes
sells have to remain well out at moor
ings, and the. nitrates are loaded by
means of boats or lighters. In addition
to other delays rough water often in
terferes for days at a time. There are
many holidays on which the laborers
will not work. Thus according to
shipping men familiar with the condi-
tions there, it might readily happen
that a vessel, obliged to go to several
of these landings for her cargo, might
be days in completing her load, as the
Kasato Maru seems to have been.
During the war between Japan and
Russia she was in the service of the
japanese government. She was built
in 1900 by Wighan, Richardson & Co.
at Newcastle-o n-Tyne, is of steel 6167
gross tonnage and 1923 net; 400 feet
long. 80 feet beam, and 10 feet depth of
hold
THE AMERICA MARU.
The T. K. K. steamship America Ma
ru arrived from San Francisco and de-
parted for the Orient yesterday on
what is supposed to be her last run
on this route She is the oldest of the
three 7. K. K. steamships on this run,
and will probably be put on one of
the South American routes of the com
pany. She will be replaced by the
Tenyo Maru the first turbine steamer