The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-26
SLAUGHTERING
THE SEA BIRDS
Japanese Rapidly Killing Off Sea
Fowl in Defiance of
the Law.

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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 60
ing to be done with it' How is the
slaughter to be stoppedi 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:-Will you spare
me small space in your valuable
paper to expose what / 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 purposesi
1t is all very well to issue proc
| lamation stating that the islands
above mentioned are the sole property
of Uncle Sam and no one must kill
any birds, ETC., etc. Bahl HALEY IS
comet / believe is coming. Let our
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 Chat
is, if there are any Lefty, and you may
he perfectly sure that at this moment
our Japanese bird-killers have Their
quarters already taken up. Their ar
senical and other preservatives are
ready. and in few weeks the
slaughter will commence. They, the
8aps, are kept well advised and know
very well that Uncle Sam has not got
anything to stop them. Money in
abundance he has, tits true, but it is
so tied up. with red tape that he might
as well have none at ALL
The WAYS of Uncle Sam resemble
those of Parliamentary are Sin
scrutable.'
/ hear the Thetis is posted to leave
San Francisco about the first of De
cember. BY that time our Japs viii
have finished their bloody work ant
have gone home with their "catch, ;
but / think that by the time she ar
rives at San Francisco and undergoe
The usual repairs (Which, owing to TIL
. superfiuous amount Of tape, hav
to be worked off somehow n year o
so may be looked forward to befor
she arrives in these waters. If sh
really does come down here in Decem
Der, great credit must be given thu
captain, officers, engineers, crew, in
Guiding the DO sun, mate, firemen
stokers, and lastly, but not least, thu
ships mascot.
Just imagine for a moment Kaise
William or Edward the Seventh per
hitting such atrocities to be continued
year after year on their domains-bu
don't imagine, it is too absurd TO
imagination!
When the cable company were abou
to lay the cable at Midway, Mr.. Dick
enson told me Green Island was I'm
approachable on account of the stenc
from the hundreds of thousands o
slaughtered birds. Pearl and Herme
and Lisiansky were in the same condi
ton. ] believe it was the Thetis tina
took the bird-kilers from the latte
island, leaving $50 cases of skin
, there, which were taken away after
j wards by Jap relief schooner.
Travel through Japan from one en'
, to another and you will find bir'
skins, beautifully dyed, for sale, prod
ucts of their cruel and piratical bust
ness.
Now what is to be done7 Are GU
officials so fat and apathetic that
movement can not be made to saw
the few remaining birds that existf
r The steam schooner Flaurence War;
: is, I believe, now at Midway. BY ca
bling instructions to her at Midway
I she could visit the islands and repOr
r the results on her arrival here.
t Thanking you in advance for tn
! space, / remain, respectfully,
d F. ID. WALKER.