The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-15
JAP NEWSPAPER MAN ARRESTED
IN RAID UPON HIS OFFICE
FILES COMPLAINT.
TREATY RIGHTS VIOLATED
International Turn Is Given 10 situa.
ton Growing Out of Arrest and In
dictment Of Japanese Accused of
Conspiring to Wrest Affairs From
White People in Hawaiian Islands.

| Honolulu, June H.--The situation
| growing out of the Indictment nv the
grand jury OF seventeen leaders i'm the
| strike Of the Japanese plantation IN
borers was given an international
| turn today when M. Negoro of the
eaitorfal staff of the Jill, local jana
hese publication, who was taken into
| custody When the officers OF that
| paper were raided by the authorities
| lAst Friday, made formal complaint to
| the Japanese foreign office at Toxic
OF the violation of his treaty rights.
| The alleged violation of his rights al
Japanese subject, guaranteed under
the treaty between the United States
and Japan, he sets forth in his com
! plaint, consists in the search of his
ollice ana the seizure of his private
papers and documents by the terri
toria authorities without due process
Of law.
Territorial Sheriff William Henry
admits that the search and seizure
was made by force Of arms and with
out search warrants. or process Of law.
but claims that the papers seized con
tanned evidence Of criminal purpose
and declares that the courts of the
territory are open to Negoro for re-
dress II he has been damaged
Negoro was rearrested today, to-
gether with X. soga, X. Tasaka and
*. kaWamura Of the editorial staffs
Of the Nippu and the Jill, upon in
dtctments returned by the grand jury
charging them with conspiring by in
, direct, sinister and unlawful methods
are means Of intimidation, incftng to
riot and threatened violence to pre-
vent and hinder the Honolulu, Oahu.
Eva. Waiaua and Kahulu planta-
tions from carrying on their business.
Hearing of the application for bail
was set tor o'clock this afternoon.
The strikers today attacked and
seriously stabbed a Japanese res
taurant keeper at Kahana for having
refused to furnish them any longer
with food. The place is distant and
inaccessible but the sheriff has start
ed for the scene to make an inyesti-
cation. At all other points on the
island quiet reigns and no news OF
any disturbances has been received up
to noon today. Most of the Japanese
have returned to work on the Eva
and Waialulu plantations and there
are full forces of strike breakers on
the Honolulu and Oahu plantations.
1t is reported from Hiio that the
Japanese there have elected a de,ega-
tion to come to this city and join in
the formal demand upon tho planters
for an increase In wages ta 81 day.
M. Negoro, one of the editors of the
II sna 9n Ia, rs,
the Japanese foreign office today that
the territorial authorities invaded his
rights as a Japanese subject under
the treaty between Japan and the
United States, when High Sheriff will
liam Henry raided the office of the
Jill and seized alleged incendiary
documents, is preparing to bring court
proceedings against the territory for
100000 damages.
The only incident of the day that
threatened a disturbance was the
chasing of a carrier Of an extra" of
the japanese newspaper Shnpo, an
nouncing the arrest of the editors of
the Jill and the Nippu. The shinpo
from the start has strongly opposed
the strike and among the papers
seized in the raid upon the office of
the strike organs We're letters contains
ing threats against the life of it's edi-
tor.
Although the strikers have returned
to work on the EVA and Waialua
plantations, it is not certain that they
have abandoned the strike. From the
papers seized by Territorial Sheriff
Henry, 1t was seen that it was the
original plan of the Japanese to re-
turn to work at intervals to earn suf-
ficient money to maintain the strike
and by this method of working and
again striking, to wear out the plant
ers by the uncertainty and irregularity
of plantation operations.