The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-10
MARU
HERE TO DENY
CAUSE OF FAME

be impossible to load at ALL
"The most interesting thing in con-
necticn with the fleet that came under
our observation was at Callao. At the
time we were there no japanese boat
was allowed to 60 out in the harbor.
There are large number of japanese
fishing boats there, as there is here.
They were suspected, though there were
no apparent reason at all. Perhaps
they might have been suspected of
carrying mines, which is, of course,
ridiculous. Or it might have been
policy on the part of the Peruvian
government. They wanted to do every
thing to please the Americans. There
were a lot of rumors circulated, the
kind of rumor no Japanese would give
credit to, at all. AS to our cargo. at
Callao, they said it was intended for
making powder. They also said we
were going to make powder from Cal
ldO DOIdtOcS WulCH VIC tOOh III
had all kinds of imagination and we
were for while the center of suspi-
cion. These rumors were, of course,
cabled to New York where they were
presumably exaggerated.
I'm no port in South America did I
hear anyone say at once" said
Purser T. Ozone of the Kasato Maru.
at 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 Iaborers 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: h
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 go
At the time the Advertiser published
the following, in connection with the
matter, which is fully borne out by
the statements of Captain Mort:
1.-THE nitrate ports include a number
of landings between Iquique and Cal
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
very slow. There are no wharves. Yes
sells have to remain we'll 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
men familiar with the condi-
tons 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 Wigham, Richardson & Co.
at Newcat tle-on-Tyne is of steel 6167
gross tomb lge and 1923 net; 400 feet
long, 50 fed BEAM and 10 feet depth of