The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-26
ALL ABOUT THOSE
|. FUNNY QUESTIONS
Mr.. vaSeIieff, lncarcerated Russ,
Tells the Russky GOlos Of
His fluctuations.

Has anybody in Honolulu forgotten
vaselieffl Our friend Of the agitating
tendencies and injured mien. An
earnest effort of the memory might
bring forth the recollection that he was
a few months ago sentenced to term
of Imprisonment for vagrancy and made
quite a fuss about it.
1t viii also be remembered that he
wrote to New York and every other
place where he thought he might lead
the people into believing that the Ha-
waiian peonage that kept loafers in
Jail was a blight on civilization. 1t all
started grand jury investigation, the
details of which have never been known
except that they resulted in clean bill
of health for Hawaiian peonage.
We are now however supplied the
missing information by Mr.. Vaselieff
himself who is marked for deporta sion
as soon as he has ceased to be = burden
and affliction to the city jailors. In
letter written to the Russky Golos, the
popularity patriotic Preparation perpe-
tuated in New York to the eternal
shame of Gotham, vaselieff gives his
version of the grand jury investigations
when the president of the grand jury by
which he meant that prime investigator,
Mr.. Breckons, asked him "sueh s0InIcal
questions. A translation of the letter
with the EDITORS addition is as follows:
Letter from Honolulu.
EDITORS note:-This letter from
Vaselieff was sent from San Francisco
by the man Stareikoff, coming to San
Francisco in the pocket of an imml-
grant. All letters otherwise sent were
opened by the plantation officials.)
My Dear Friend:
Aokunsoif. Excuse the poor paper and
the pencil that this is written with.
write from Jail and am glad that L
have such chance to write at all. The
strictness with which the Russians in
Jail are treated is terrible. will not
stop to write of the smaller matters but
will concern myself with those of more
serious import. (The bearer will tell
you of the smaller things when he comes
to see you.) Conditions here are de-
graded. This is some Turkey or Rus
STA. L don't understand it. l was sur
prised to receive the letter that you
sent me and the letter from the secre-
tary, Mr.. Stokliscky, and in some way
accept my willing thanks. They were
received from the post Office and given
to the "iury that made this convic-
ton" / can't understand it. 1t is
mysterious.
On the eighth of June I was called
to the grand jury room and given these
two letters to read. L read them and
they were interpreted. After l had fin
ished they asked me some questions
certainly very comical questions-such
as "What is Socialism,
After all the grand jurymen had left
the room 1 remained there with the
president of the grand jury (Mr. Brock
ons), two Interpreters and several Ha-
waians unknown to me. The president
called the people after the grand jury
men went away.
"'Vaselieff, do you think you will go
long time and fight with usl" the
president asked me.
| L answered, "What fight do you
meant 1 don't know. know only that
/ and the other Russians would like to
find some rights.
can right" he answered, thinking
he was very smart. "You can fight.
You think you are strong, but we are
stronger than you"
After he tod me this, he Immediately
dictated cablegram which he sent to
Washington, the text of which was APP
proximately as follows: "Received two
letters for Vaselief. So far as / under
stand he is a socialist and an anarchist
and we must write to the Russian gov
eminent and also to the Japanese gov.
eminent as he was taken from Kobe
Japan"
l can not understand what made hin
show me the cable. I certainly under
stand that he would like to scare me
In this way all Russians no where have
been notified as we notify union so
eialist at home. If you please, take
steps Immediately to prevent them from
deporting me. Best regards to you,
A. VASELIEFF.
P. 81 was sent to Jail on the fourth
of May for three months as a vagrant