The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-06
EMBASSY SAYS
"NOTHINC
DOING"
Russians Hear Bad News From
Their Ambassador and Their
Delegates.
LATTER FOOLED THEM
Agitators Go to Jail-Yesterday
Was Sad, Sad Day for
Iwilei.
LATTER FOOLED THEM
eFrom Thursday.s Advertlser.l

KINDLY explain TO immigrants Inn
possibility for embassy doing anything
more than has been done already by
way of appealing to the American gov
ernment.''
Such was the text of a cablegram
received yesterday by Doctor Marques,
French consul in Honolulu and acting
temporarily for the Russian govern.
ment, from the Russian ambassador to
the United States. The sad news was
transmitted yesterday to the Iwilei
campers.
Doctor Marques learned very recently
that the Russians were still living in
hope that some one in Washington
would still do something for them.
They had cabled themselves and they
had also sent personal representatives
to the Coast, supposing that Washing
ton was within easy walking distance
of San Francisco. Between the cable
gram and the delegates they expected
results. Doctor Marques, in order to
be able to advise the Russians as to the
exact status of the matter, himself ca
bled the Russian ambassador, receiving
the answer quoted above.
Naturally this was sad news to the
Ovsky clan, but the worst jolt was yet
to come. This was in the nature of a
throwdown from the two delegates they
had sent to the mainland, word perco-
lating through the camp yesterday that
both had travelled on hui money as far
as San Francisco, had both got jobs there
and had both sent word to Honolulu for
their wives and families to come up and
join them.
The delegates are Platunoff and Lo-
rensky. To pay their transportation
and expenses the Russians had collected
5000, holding the two wives and the
nine children of their representatives as
security for the fund. The two reached
the Coast and Immediately wrote for
more money, stating that the two hun
bred was not enough to reach Wash
ington on. The camp treasury was
dipped into and $50 more mailed to
Platunoff, the one who held the expense
fund. This was some weeks ago, and
from the Coast way there was great
silence until yesterday. Then came a
letter from Platunoff to his wife, enclos
boat for California. Secrecy was en-
joined on her, but as she took her dear
est friend into her confidence, the news
was soon all over the camp.
In spite of threats she has hung on
to the seventy-five and goes to join her
lord by the Mongolia.
Lorensky is yet to hear from.
Leaders Go to Jail.
Three months imprisonment each on
charges of vagrancy was the sentence
meted out in the police court yesterday
morning by Judge Andrade to Vasilietf,
Bilof, Surapove and KreckoH, four
Russian agitators who have proclaimed
themselves leaders of the Russian inn
migrants encamped at Iwilei.
The men were not represented by
counsel and Vasilieff conducted the de-
Tense. The prosecution was conducted
by Deputy County Attorney Milverton,
and Attorney General Lindsay, with M
Dumbrowsky as interpreter. The SEN
fences were received in silence but Vas
lief was visibly agitated when he re-
turned to the dock and he looked less
confident of himself than when he first
appeared before Judge Andrade last
Saturday.
The evidence given by the four men
indicated that they had not sought
work for themselves, claiming that
their alleged duties as Representatives
of the Russians" in finding employ
ment in town for these prevented them
from getting work They stated that
they had not sought work ON the plan
tations where work could be had, be-
cause conditions there were moi
such as represented by Messrs. Perel'
strous, Koshnitsky and Atkinson. The
direct charge against them that they
had not worked for two weeks previous
to arrest and had no means of support
that were lawful, was approved by
Judge Andrade when he found them
guilty and sentenced them to shorl
terms of Imprisonment.
Vasilieff stated that before being ar
rested he was "the representative OF
the Russian people" Through his as
sistanee, he claimed to have secured
permanent employment for many of the
Russians. He said he was offered SAC
to $50 per month for work for himself
but declined it in order TINT he might
give his sole attention to the interests
of "my people"
"Eyery honest man, under the same
circumstances would do the same as l, ,
he declaimed. Therefore, / cannot bs
told that / am vagrant. 1 did moi
come of my own wish from Russia.
was brought here. believe the judge
win Judge me according to the law, and
viii not say that L am vagrant. 1t ii
not my fault that 1 am sitting here
bat it is the fault of the agents, and
the fault of the Russian people il
whose interest / have been working
/ don't claim to be their leader, bui
their representative. Yes, / frequently
advise Them what to do and they fol
low my advice. Many times they have
followed my advice
AS 10 hia connection with Waiake,