Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-23
IGNORED BY
BARON OURA
Representatives Of Japan
csc Papers Turned
. Down

down the repge sentatives Of the press
last night at the residence of Consul
General Uyeno on Nuuanu street. He
ignored the Japanese newspaINrmen
entirely. while he permitted a mum.
Der OF other japanese merchants to
interview him while ut the reception.
BY special arrangement with the
officials Of the Consulate. who had
consulted the Baron, the Japanese
newspapermen were told TO be at the
| Consul's residence at 1880 o'clock
when aud where the Baron would
meet them jointly. Accordingly the
| newspape rmen went and We're told to
get out" as the Baron was too busy
preparing for a banquet.
Haga. representative Of the Hawaii
Shinpo was exceedingly worked UP over
the situation. lie said he would like
TO see the Baron; but Consul General
Uyeno and his secretaries told him
that It was useless to wait, as the
Baron had made up his mind to avoid
seeing the newspapermen at that
time.
what do you mean by telling us
to come here tonight to meet him
them" asked Hasa angrily.
"Oura Is nothing more than a farm
| Ing minister. It's about time that
he learned something Of modern civil.
lization. If man like Roosevelt, ex.
president OF the United States, anl
the greatest statesman In the world
would allow the reporters to come to
him at any time. why was 1t then
that this farming minister. Oura.
would not do the same thing?" he
questioned the officials OF the Consul
ate with yigor.
Baron Oura. who was then talking
with n few other local Japanese. had
apparently heard every word uttered
by the angercd scribe of the Shinpo.
! Although the Shinpo representative
made attempts to be permitted TO see
the Baron, Il was fruitless. Haga, an
gered and disgusted with the foolish
action of, the Baron told the Consul
OF the neyspapermen would show him
toura what they can do in the prem
ises.
That the treatment accorded to the
japanese newspapermen, as subjects
of the Imperial Majesty of Japan. by
Oura was unspeakably undignifled Is
evidenced by the tenor of the Japan.
ese papers. which are centralizing
their protests against the Baron.
J The action of the Baron towards
the representatives OF the presss and
particularly OF the Japanese newspa'
permen In Hawaii is unparalleled In
the history of journalism. All the
members of Japanese royalty who
have passed through here before,
granted interviews to the Japanese
newspapermen freely and cheerfully
When their Royal Highness Prince Fu'
shim and Prince Kanai passed
through here few years ago, they
were most democratic. They even
granted interviews to the representa-
tiyes of foreign newspapers. In spite
OF their royal positions, they did not
object to meeting with common PEG
pie. ........ .
The Japanese are considerably eX'
orcised over the treatment accorded
them by the Baron.
Attorney A. X. Ozawa, who had a
conversation this morning with Baron
Oura stated that he (Oura) was will
Ing to meet the representatives OF the
/, japanese press jointly some time this
morning. say at about O'Clock. Rath
: err than waiting for that time, which
was agreeable to the Baron and hay
, ing been told to come anyway, Haga
; representing the Hawaii Shinpo and
r Ito, representing Nippu jill called
; ut the residence of Consul General
r Uyeno last night. They were denied
. an interview by the Baron. Shortly
l afterwards. a representative of the
Bulletin appeared, and he too, was
Z politely; but firmly told that the Bar
t on was just getting ready for ban
quet and could not be seen. The
4 Bulletin man left, followed by
3 Haga, and later by Ito.
t on their way home, Editor Sheba
. was met On lUu HicNN' iioS" N''N "''
=. the circumstances of the result OF his
{ mission to the Consuls residence
They came back and met Onodera
4 who was expecting TO go up to see the
Baron, When he heard OF the blllki'
j. of his fellow scribes, he too, was puz
zled at the way the Baron treated
I him. ,,,y,y., ..,,..r
1 From all Indication. It Is evident
, and without any mistake on the par
e of the Japanese newspapermen tina
= they were told by the officials of thu
9 Consul to he at his residence at 7:3'
e O'Clock last night. They arrived there
Mt time. the Baron was talking viii
some Japanese merchants.
On arrival they were told by the
secretaries that the Baron would no
" see them at all; but preferred to NEE
5 them this morning. This explanation
D was not satisfactory to the newspaper
4 ,na, Fphav ,aturuad I'm anger