The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-25
CALLED Up THE
WRONG SPEAKER
Japanese Agitators Slammed by
Speaker at Their Own
Mass Meeting.

Higher wages for Japanese field Ia
borers was the theme of the agitators
at a meeting held at the Aala theater
last evening, and the greater part of
the speeches made consisted in denun-
Citations of Editor Sheba of the Hawaii
Shinpo and the Daily Chronicle for not
siding in with them, or, at least, for
opposing the agitation, and an en-
deavor to convince the audience that
the reason the trustees of the Plant
ers' Association have not replied to the
several resolutions of the agitators was
because Sheba interviewed.
The plans of those responsible for
the meeting went astray when they
asked one man in the audience to ex-
press his views. This man, Mr.. Takei,
expressed the opinion that the whole
agitation was hot air and had simmer
ed down to war of personalities be-
tween the newspapers. He said that
the sooner some influential men of the
japanese community cut the Gordian
knot the better. Some of the audience
tried TO hiss Mr.. Takei off the stage,
but he stood by his guns until he fin
ished.
Each speaker except Mr.. Takei took
a whack at Mr.. Sheba and accredited
him with being the author Of transla-
tions from the Jill into English, and
that such translations were literal and
not fgurative, claiming that the lat
ter method of translation should be
used. However, the speakers said they
were like cats with nine lives, and
would continue to carry on the higher
wages propaganda, even if they fell in
the ditch while trying to carry the
works. They said that they were like
the soldiers killed at Port Arthur. The
spirits of the dead came back to earth
and assisted the live soldiers to cap
ture the fortress.
Mr.. Maxine said the agitators had
received ia letter from w. o. Smith, on
behalf of the Planters Association,
saving he would present the resolu-
lions to the trustees. Two mass meet
ings had since been held, but no ac
acknowledgement of the resolutions pass
ed and forwarded to Mr.. Smith had
been received, due, he said, to Sheba IS
interference. He said the agitation
naO D0en chTfleu On III d Qulcl, CUHScI-
vative manner, but Mr.. Sheba, he de-
clared. wanted to bring the matter be-
fore the grand jury. Mr.. Maxine said
he was willing. He said he and his
followers had not attacked the plant
ers at all.
"These people are trying to get us
into JAIL he said, but they can not
do anything as long as we are carrying
this matter on in lawful way. Amer
lea is a free country, and these people
can not juggle the law one way or an
other. The Declaration of Indepen-
dence says that if the government
doesn t give justice to the people, why
the people can change the govern
ment.
Mr.. Tasaka of the Nippu Jill fire.
quently attacked Editor Sheba of the
ohinpo. He claimed that Mr.. Sheba
made translations that were imperfect,
and that Mr.. Sheba had misrepresent-
ed the Jiii's attitude in the matter.
He claimed that an interview with
George w. Smith, of Benson, Smith &
Co, on the wages matter, which was
an interview written out by Mr.. Smith,
from which a japanese translation
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