The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-26
POWERS ACT IN
MANCHUR|A
M|X-UP
Russia the Recipient of Advice
From the Interested
Nations.
REPORTED JOINT NOTE SENT
Nothing Official Is Given Out
and Not Known if United
States Has Joined.
REPORTED JOINT NOTE SENT
(By Associated Press.)

ST. PETERSBURG, October 2S.-
The situation in Manchuria in respect
to the rival claims of Russia and
Japan, as well as the claims of the
Chinese government for sovereignty
actual as well as nominal, has now be-
come a matter for international no.
tice and diplomacy. Yesterday it was
reported in official circles here that
the Russian government had been ad-
dressed in a joint note from tho
Powers.
This would seem to indicate that the
action of the Russian government in
Manchuria, in disputing the right of
the Chinese government to enter into
an arrangement with Japan regarding
the latter's rights in respect to the
Antung- Mukden railroad concession, is
not meeting with the approval of the
other interested nations.
The protest fINm America intimated
in the speeches of Charles r. Crane,
before his resignation was asked for,
is not applied to the Antung. Mukden
railroad concession, however, but to
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the Fukamen railroad, to which Great
Britain had originally objected. The
American objection may or may not
be included in the alleged joint note.
The Antung- Mukden concession car
ries with it certain mining rights for
the japanese, claimed by Russia to be
violation of the Portsmouth treaty
and by the other nations as a viola
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Nothing official, from any source,
| has been given out regarding the al
| legged joint note.
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undergoing9' asked one big Russian.
The Russian Calendar.
The authorities learned yesterday
| that the immigrants are still keeping
| tab of the days of the month accord
| ing to the Russian calendar, which is
eleven days behind the Gregorian cal
endar. Yesterday to them was Octo-
Der IL and not the 22d.
This came up when several of chem
asked Mr.. Atkinson when those who
were left behind in Kobe might be ex-
pected here. Mr.. Atkinson told them
he had received cablegram yesterday
| HiorHlhS stdblHS thdJ ndIl u lHelH
would arrive here on the China and
the remainder on the following boat.
The China arrives here October 80.
Know Little About Islands.
Out in the yard Mr.. Brown collected
a group of immigrants about him and
through Colonel johnson asked some
very direct questions and received di-
| rect replies. He asked whether they
knew the names of any of the planta-
tions. They did not, and their coun-
tenances clearly showed that they
were telling the truth. He asked if
they knew what wages, if any, they
were to receive here. They replied they
did not. He asked if any knew of any
places they were to go to to work
They said they did not they We're
just hoping to get work as soon as
possible.
Then they began asking questions.
One man, as spokesman, inquired just
how much it would cost to get provi-
sions which would duplicate the food
they have been receiving since they
were brought to the immigration sta
tion. They made many inquiries along
this line and were largely interested
in arriving at an understanding as to
how much per month it would cost
, them to live.
When asked what wages they eX-
pected to receive, they answered that
they did not know. They had heard
indirectly, aboard the steamer, that
people working here might receive as
much as forty roubles per month. That
is about $50 in American money. They
did not know exactly. Their answers
: we're given in a simple manner, md
their entire attitude indicated that the
;, only thing they knew of Hawaii was
: : that it was a pleasant land to live
. in. that it had labor and they could
. get employment, and could support
. themselves and families.
!, Inducements for Immigrants
IS Agents for territorial or state boards
&c of immigration may go abroad and tell
IS peoples that there are advantages in
IS their respective areas, as was permit
is ted to Mr.. Atkinson when he went to
IT Siberia. He was permitted under the
h United States laws to tell the people
n that they could obtain homes here and
10 could get work. The kind of work oil
il where it may be procured are matters
not permitted to agents to enter int,
with persons to whom they may tel
I'd of the advantages of the Hawaiian Is
n lands, for instance. 1t is for the pur
le pose of learning from the Russian i'm
is. migrants Just what has been tolC
to them, that the board of inquiry is sit
n. ting at the station. From the genera
a remarks made to Mr.. Brown personal
,r. ly, il is rather certain that no prom
ut ises have been made them, other thai
1t. that they can procure employment
n. That was all they wanted, and appaT
70 emily they asked no further questions
but bundled up their few earthly be