The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-24

Japanese Rapidly Killing Off Sea
Fowl in Defiance of
the Law.

The ruthless slaughter by the Japa
nese of Hawaii of the sea birds that
for countless years heretofore have
swarmed in incredible numbers on the
islands to the northwest of Kauai has
aroused the wrath of Capt. F. D.
Walker, who in the following commu-
nication to The Advertiser expresses
sentiments in which probably all the
readers of this paper will concur
The only question is, what is go
ing to be done with it? How is the
slaughter to be stopped? At the mo-
ment there is no revenue cutter in
these waters, and there is no one to
modest the bird killers or prevent
them from going ahead with the VI
cious slaughter which has already
greatly decreased the number of birds
on Hawaii s bird islands.
Captain Walker writes:
Editor Advertiser: VIII you spare
me a small space in your valuable
paper to expose what I consider to
be disgrace to civilized power, in
allowing japanese year after year to
destroy the ocean sea birds, of any
and every description, when they visit
the islands and islets WNW. from
Kauai for breeding purposes?
1t is all very well to issue a proc
lamation stating that the islands
above mentioned are the sole property
of Uncle Sam and no one must kill
any birds, etc. etc. BAH HALEY s
worthy Uncle issue another proclama-
ton that if any tail dust touches his
domain (Which might have an inju-
rious effect that comet will suffer
all the pains and penalties, and so
forth.
On or about the twenty-eighth of
this month the birds will arrive (that
is. if there are any left), and you may
be perfectly sure that at this moment
our japanese birdkillers have their
quarters already taken up. Their ar
senical and other preseryatives are
ready, and in few weeks the
slaughter will commence. They, the
Japs. are kept well advised and know
very well that Uncle Sam has not got
anything to stop them. Money in
abundance he has. it's true, but it is
so tied up with red tape that hemight
as well have none at all
The WAYS of Uncle Sam resemble
those of Providenee-they are Gin
scrutable.''
I hear the Thetis is posted to leave
San Francisco about the first of De
cember. BY that time our Japs will
have finished their bloody work and
have gone home with their "Ecatch. -
but I think that by the time she ar
rives at San Francisco and undergoes
the usual repairs (Which, owing to the
superfuous amount of tape. have
to be worked off somehow. a year or
so may be looked forward to before
she arrives in these waters. If she
really does come down here in Deem
Der. great credit must be given the
captain, officers, engineers. crew. in
Guiding the DO sun, mate, fremen.
stokers. and lastly. but not least, the
ships mascot.
Just imagine for moment Kaiser
William or Edward the Seventh per
hitting such atrocities to be continued
year after year on their domains-but
don t imagine. it is too absurd for
imagination,
When the cable company were about
to lay the cable at Midway. Mr.. Dick
enson told me Green Island was I'M
approachable on account of the stencil
from the hundreds of thousands of
slaughtered birds. Pearl and Hermes
and Lisiausky were in the same eondi-
ton. I believe 1t was the Thetis that
took the bird killers from the latter
island. leaving $50 eases of skins
there, which were taken away after
wards by a Jap relief schooner.
Travel through Japan from one end
10 another and you will find bird
skins. beautifully dyed, for sale. prod
ucts of their cruel and piratical bust
ness.
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