The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-21

son, it is stated, the steamship Mon
tagle, to take them back to Japan
Those who will be taken from these
islands will be chosen for the fact that
they are veterans of the Russo-Jap-
anese war. The Montagle, say the
leaders, is going to take away Japan
csc soldiers.
AS for the general situation on the
Oahu plantations there is no great
change. Eva expects a little trouble
with men who are likely to cult work,
though their number is not great. Ka-
huliu is full of rumors, but no trou-
BILE.
Satusday afternoon and Sunday
were laden with false rumors
which had the result of much street.
corner anxiety, some headquarters
agitation and a great deal of unne-
cessary hustling on the part of the
police.
The first grapevine" special dis
patch was to the effect that couple
of Japanese who were anxious to get
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had been captured and confined against
their will in a lonesome hut in Ka-
hama, the camp of the Kahullu strik-
ers, and were being tortured The
second false alarm was along the line
that Deputy Sheriff Oscar Cox of Wal
alua had been captured by the bel
ligerent strikers and imprisoned in a
cottage, and that posse from Waialua
had gone to his rescue.
Both yarns were absolutely false.
Nevertheless the first story took
Sheriff William Jarrett, Deputy High
Sheriff Chester Doyle and some 9th
err TRUSTEES down the line posthaste in
an automobile with the avowed in
tention of rescuing the tortured Jap
anese and bringing again into liberty
the person of genial Oscar Cox.
1t was a wild goose chase with
vengeance. There were no Japanese
being tortured, nor was there any dis
turbance of any kind
The entertaining part of the whole
performance was where the police au-
thorities did not want the report to
be spread by publication in newspa-
pers, that there were any Japanese
in danger at Kahana, for fear that
Maxine, or Negoro, or some of that
crowd might get to the scene in an
auto before the Sheriff could arrive.
Now it would appear that the story
originated from a striker and that the
yarns were given birth with the idea
of harassing the police.
That the police were harassed, there
is no gainsaying, for there was con-
siderable excitement around the police
station Saturday evening and all day
yesterday, special police having slept
at the police station all Saturday
night, ready for a moments call.
SIGNIFICANT SITUATION.
An interview with His Imperial ia
panese Majesty's Consul General Uye-
no this morning ELECTED the informa-
ton that the local Japanese consulate
was reporting direct to Japan instead
of reporting to Minister Takahira at
Washington as the direct superior of
the Hawaiian consul.
1T all depends upon conditions,y
said Uyeno, whether l report direct
TO the home Office at Toxic, or report
to Minister Takahira at Washington"
Usually, in ordinary matters, It
would be the duty of the consul here
to send in his report TO the Minister
at Washington, but it seems that tho
exigencies of the situation are such
that no time is to be lost and the
reports of Consul Uyeno are forward
ed direct to the home Office in Japan.
There is no news; have you any
news?" was the sentence with which
a representative of The Star was
greeted at the Japanese consulate this
morning by that expert in diplomacy,