Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-29
SEPARATED FOR
YEARS; TO MEET
TWO BROTHERS WILL GREET
EACH OTHER
U. S. OFFICIAL OF HAWAII VISITS
CALIFORNIA
Superintendent of Lighthouse Con-
struction of Honolulu Will Grasp
Relatives Hand First Time in
Over Two Decades

| Temecula, Cal, when they shall have
greeted each other at the Santa Fe
station this afternoon at l o'clock.
Both are aged men, but yesterday, as
A. Richley at the Lankershim hotel
spoke of the expected meeting his eyes
sparkled and his voice quivered with
emotion, much the same as would those
of a boy. Happiness was written in
every line of Mr.. Richley's face and
| he said: "Ill be q treat to meet that
boy again."
A. Richley is superintendent of con-
struction of the United States light
house department and is one of the
! noted lighthouse engineers of the
world. j. III. Richley is employed by
the Santa Fe railroad, with which he
| has been connected ever since he was
a small boy. Had not A. Richley been
called to Washington, d. c., on gov
ernment business the meeting today
! might have been postponed indefinitely
| for Mr.. Richley's work in the Ha-
waiian islands keeps him confined there
from one years end to the other.
There will be a war between Rus
sia and Japan within eighteen months
or as soon as the Trans-Siberian rail-
road improvements are completed"
said Mr.. Richley yesterday. Prep
arations are being made every day for
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supplies by the trainload into Mukden
and other places, while Japan is drill
ing men, buying arms, building war
ships and in other ways making ready
for a prolonged struggle.
Says Japan Has Broken Agreements
Japan has broken her agreements
made when the Portsmouth treaty was
signed by her actions in Korea. Rus
Sia ie NOT and npVpV has bppn. sat tis-
fled with that treaty, and will sooner
or later show her resentment. Today
she cannot hold up her head among
the nations of the world, or at least
she thinks she cannot. The loan made
ostensibly for the improvement of the
Trans-Siberian railroad was for war
preparations Every man who is IA
miliar with conditions in the far east
is agreed that another Russo-Japanesc
war is but matter of a few months.
II feel confident that Japan and the
United States will not go to war. The
cause has been removed entirely. The
door of immigration has been shut by
Japan, and there are no longer any
hostile actions on her part.
Most people do not know why ia
pan does not allow any more of her
people to come to America. 1t is part
of diplomatic history which has not
been written very clearly. About the
time there was so much trouble and
war scare raised in San Francisco, a
young American attorney was in ia
pan investigating certain claims for
| one of his clients. He happened to
come on a law on the statute books
! which allowed the governors OF all Jap
| anese provinces to exclude from such
provinces all persons considered un-
desirable Especial mention was made
OF schools. This was exactly the law
which California wanted.
Exclusion of Aliens Approved
"The attorney, who was privately
| engaged, rushed to Washington and
laid his discoveries before the state de-
partment. The matter was brought to
| the attention of the Japanese minister.
It was agreed then and there that so
| long as that law remains on the stat
ute books of Japan, the door of jap
anese immigration would be closed by
Japan itself In other words it was
agreed If Japan can exclude aliens 1t
| Is right for the United States to do
| likewise.
when the present planned fortifi-
cations of the Hawaiian islands are
completed, they will practically be i'm 9.
pregnable. The breakwater at Hilo
will be more than two miles long and
will make a harbor large enough to
haven all the warships in the world.
Fortifications at Diamond Head and
other places will protect the islands.
The naval station at Oahu will cost
nearly $4,000, 900. 1t will include dry
dock in a landlocked harbor capable
of holding four immense warships and
coaling station where an entire navy
may coal in a short time.
1.-THE immensity of the plans over
there may be learned from one work
Just recently completed. A lighthouse
built at a cost of 100000 was first light
ed October 1. It's rays shine fifty miles
over the sea.
Difficult to Approach Unseen
ut would be rather a difficult thing
for a ship to come very close to Max
apua point, a. portion of the island
upon which Honolulu is situated. with
out being seen, and destroyed by the
fortification guns in the neighborhood.
| ii was on Makapua point that the
Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria went
ON the rocks, and it is to prevent such
accidents that the lighthouse has been
established.
"There is no drilling of Japanese men
on the islands.
"a good many stories have been
floated by sensational newspapers to
the effect that all the laborers on the
islands are being drilled for war; that
is not so. The Japanese children are
drilled in military movements, but
only as an aid to health and more for
! physical culture than for military pur-
poses. We laugh over there at the
stories of war drilling"
Mr.. Richley first came to Los Ange-
les in 1878, when the city numbered
only $500 inhabitants. He was engaged
In agricultural and engineering work
on the Baldwin ranch, which E. j.
Gucky) Baldwin had purchased for
100000, coming into possession OF
10000 acres.
Mr.. Rlchley feels himself more or
less of a pioneer of California, having
been engaged in constructing some OF
the famous structures Of the Pacific
coast, notably the Baldwin hotel. He
said yesterday he could hardly realize
he was in Los Angeles, so rapidly has
the city grown into a metropolitan
community.
After greeting his brother and pass
ing a few hours with him, Mr. Richley
will leave for San Francisco, sailing
from there December 8.
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