The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-28
EXPERTS
SURPRISE
PROF. DENING TELLS ABOUT
ADDRESS HE MADE TO STRIk-
ERS AT WAIPAnU.

ERS AT WAIPAnU.
Professor Walter Dening surprised
even Messrs. Kinney and Ballou coun-
sci for the prosecution in the strike
conspiracy case, when he mentioned
at the very close of his cross-eXamin-
alton the fact that he delivered an ad
dress to the striking japanese laborers
at Waipahu.
1t was defendant Negoro who in
stigated the question put by Mr.. Light
foot after the attorney for the de-
fense had seemingly concluded his
cross-examination of the expert inter-
prefer Kinney fairly started in as
tonishment at both question and an
swer
Professor Dening, after saying he
addressed a meeting of strikers at
Waipahu, denied in answer to the
next question that he told the strik-
ers he was a representative of the
japanese government.
II did not tell them" he continued,
that it was The desire of the Japa-
uese Foreign Office that they should
return to work | said it was the
general opinion of the japanese at
home that the strike was unwise"
Professor Dening testified that ne
received permission from the govern
ment of Japan to come to Hawaii to
make transations for the Government
of the Territory. Being employed by
the Education Department of Japan it
was necessary for him to obtain per-
mission to leave
His examination in chief in the
verification of translations from the
| Higher Wage prints and documents
having concluded at this mornings
/ session, Professor Dening was cross
examined by Lightfoot mainly on the
definitions of Japanese words with
interesting results.
Editor Negoro, who has latterIy sue
ceeded Maxine as chief coach of coun-
sci, primed Lightfoot with a series of
words from which to extract all the
shades of meaning in which they
might be used. The declared object
was to show that where the transla-
, ton had given English equivalents of
sinister and ghastly important the
, Japanese words I'm the originals might
not have borne innocuous singnificance
or he employed in what English speak
ers would characterize as a Pickwicll-
ian sense.
! Professor Dening, taking one of
/ these words, called for dictionary
from the bar table and then two more
of different authorship, reading there
| from dozen or more definitions such
as to destroy, to eradicate, to suppress
as cholera, to put down as an insur-
rection, to make thing as if it had
never been, etc, the great majority
OF meanings being far removed from
the realm of airy persihage.
Witness declared that he had made
the translations after exhaustive study
of all the circumstances i'm which the
writings were conceivedf He de-
clined to answer a question as to whe-
ther a certain word in Japanese might
not be used i'm such case as that of a
Republican proclaiming his intention
to destroy the Democratic party or
advising his fellow-partisans to en-
gage in such an enterprise The cir
cumstances being entirely different he
informed his questioner that he was
under no obligation to ansyer the ques-
tion.
When asked what English word he
would use to translate given one in
Japanese Professor Dening said:
1T would depend on the circum-
stances. ] do not go TO a dictionary
O-s'IyssSsSsHss.S-s-hIH-S = S.-.SSHSH.HsHIS.'sAIr.
OF, Johnson. Sanderson; City Attorney
Percy " Longa f. II. Dockweiler, NJ.
Manson, John f. Behan, clerk of the
board of supervisors, Curtis II. Lind
ley, Michael Casey, Doctor d'Ancona
and H. Connel. At the Yale luncheon:
William Crocker, Judge Joseph w. Az
len, Robert l.. Coleman, Il. #. Green
Henry Ives, G. L. Rathbone, Prof, f.
B. Clapp, James A. Ballentine, John
j. Sells, Allen Kittle, j. c. Kittle, Knox
Maddox, Thornwell Mullally, Frank L.
owen and George Cadwallader.
Judge Dole presented many callers
at his chambers to Judge Woodruff
this morning. On taking his confrere
to visit the Government Law Library
he introduced him, at a recess in the
conspiracy trial, to Judge De Bolt
Judge Balpbu, W. A. Kinney j. Light
fbot and others.