The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-01

of several centuries of sitting upor
ones floor. But if his legs lacked
character, the same could certainly not
be said of his face. Commander Togo
was in most unpleasant frame OF
mind.
There was no sugared smile of diplo
macy to illumine the visage of this old
sea dog. The suave plaeidity, charac
teristic of the japanese under what
ever stress of mind, seemed to have
deserted him completely. There was NO
shaking hands. Togo held himself
stiffiy erect, with his hands folded
closely together, and as the Interpreter
spoke his little piece and President
Dole, Mr.. Hosmer and the others passed
him by he inclined his body slightly
from the hips and shot them a glance
from under the visor of his officer IS
cap that would have bored holes in
his deck. He made no verbal response.
President Dole stood something bet
ter than six feet IN his stockings, - con-
tinued Mr.. Hosmer, "and he was cor
respondingly well proportioned. He
wore flowing grey beard and white
felt hat with broad brim set off
his iron gray hair to perfection. He
was the first in the line and the first to
pay his respects to the little Japanese
commander. The contrast between the
two men was ludicrous.
elf we had known Togo 8 brilliant
future adds Mr. Hosmer, "we should
have regarded our man with even more
interest than we did And as it was
he was anything but ignored
Togo's Tart Retort to Dole.
The days came and went, runs Mr..
Hosmer' narrative, the Mikado's bat
tleships continued to drag at their an
chorS in the harbor bottom with the
cargo of the Naniwa safely slowed
away tween decks and the real
test before them. Word was brought to
the Government Building that two Jap
anese convicts had escaped from the
city prison and had been given refuge
aboard the battleships.
It was a ticklish place for the officers
of the newly fedged Provisional
Government, and it was at this point
that Togo was shown a sample of plain
Yankee grit Had President Dole taken
any course but the one that he did he
would have failed to instill in the mind
of the Mikado s officer that wholesome
respect for the men behind the revolt
ton that, without any doubt, was what
saved the United States the threatened
clash with Japan.
Without loss of time, President Dole
despatched a note to Commander Togo,
acquainted that officer with the news
that two Japanese convicts had es.
capped from the city prison in Honolu-
In, and informed him that there was
excellent reason to believe that the
in question were on board one
or the other of his battleships. The
note was carried to the Naniwa by two
sheriffs, who were to bring the con.
viets back under guard.
The sheriffs presently returned with
out the prisoners. President Dole was
furthermore. that Commander
Togo had other use for his time than
to search his battleships for escaped
,onvicts. He also invited the attention
IF President Dole to the following:
"The deck Of a japanese battleship
s japanese territory!"
End of Togo's Visit.
But President Dole's wit was equal
% the occasion He decided at the out
set to adopt a Fabian policy and to
permit Commander Togo to conjecture
what he would Will reference to his
silence And future events showed
hat the Hawaiian President had taken
he measure of the Mikado's officer to
nicely.
In the dawn of morning, before the
og had lifted from the harbor, cutter
rom the battleship Naniwa approached
me of the main docks along the water
ront. An alert, but thoroughly fright.
ned, native policeman had scarcely
made up his mind whether to brave1v
tand his ground or beat swift retreat
or the purpose of spreading the alarm
Fhen the ships boat had shot alongside
he wharf and two detected looking
cures were ANONYMOUSLY dumped upon
he quay. With no word of explanation
nd no message of any kind the cutter
eparted as swiftly and as mysteriously
s it had come. The two unwilling pas
engers in the Naniwa's cutter were
hen taken in charge by the policeman
efore they could escape, and were es-
orted back to their cells in the city
rison.
Sometime later" says Mr.. Hosmer,
the guns in the harbor Notifications
oomed a farewell salute to Togo and
is battleships. and these same guns
bundled knell TO the Mikado g long
herished scheme to occupy Hawaii. /"
Queen Lii Plans a Monte Carlo.
When Liliuokalani assembled the Ha-
allan throne left vacant bv her
rother, Kalakaua, the American, Brit
h and German element looked to the
ew Queen to establish an altogether
ifferent regime. But they were
oomed to disappointment. The Ha-
allan court continued to bear the
'putation of being as basely immoral
J any on the face of the earth, and
,mmon report, says Mr.. Hosmer, soon
Id the Queen herself interested in the
opium ring. 3" i
But the direct cause of her downfall ]
as the Louisiana Lottery. When this
ttery enterprise was driven from New ;
rleans its agents repaired to Hawaii,
here they made the proposition to es>
blish world famed gambling centre
lat should eclipse even the renowned ;
-onte Carlo. The agents made their
ventures TO the Queen and it occa-
oned no vast amount of surprise when {