The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-04

go out and fight and take what we
need. -
Thomas had hard job explaining
to them the inevitable results of such
action and finally persuaded them 10
give up their militant ideas. AT the
request of a reporter, he made a hasty
canvass among those around him, ask
ing them how much money they had.
One man, who is different in aspect
from most of them, owning huge nose
which attracts attention from the rest
of his ludierous attempt at respecta-
bility, has several hundred dollars. The
balance have not more than ten dollars
to the family and many have absolutely
nothing.
One bleary eyed stocky little man
staggered into the shed after spending
the last cent he had ON vile whisky.
He has a wife and two children. They
went all day yesterday without thing
to eat with the father snoring raucous.
ly over pile of clothing.
Homogeneous.
In the mob of people who have camp.
ed on the wharf there are Greeks, Rus
slams of the orthodox church and Russian
Jews (and between the two there is
a wider gap than that of nationality,
Poles and members of all the Slavonic
races that have settled in the Man
churian realm of the Little White
Father at st. Petersburg. They are not
all Russians from the lower plains as
most people have thought and there ex'
lists among them all the racial bitter
ness and animosity that have existed
for ages while their forefathers were a
part of the great racial swirl that was
continually disturbing Eastern Europe.
Now they are held together by the
common tie of suspicion and what they
deem the necessity of hanging together
in this new land.
One man, who carried himself with
a dignified mien, a Pole by birth and
education, is among the bunch. He is
highly educated and looks it and has
made threadbare attempt to keep up
appearances. His wardrobe has dwindled
down to a pair of knickerbockers, coat,
low ties and black stockings. He is a
striking figure as he walks among them
gravely taking in the new sights, tax
ing the side of the men he is with but
holding very much aloof. He seldom
speaks.
There is one game of checkers among
the crowd, which is in continual action.
Half the pieces have been lost and
small stones have made up the defcien-
cy. In the numerous moves that they
have been forced to make this game
has always been carried where it could
be reached at once and there are al
ways players around the board even be
fore the bundles are deposited.
Seek Legal Help.
The deputation that called upon At
torney Lightfoot complained bitterly
of the Misrepresentation that they
claim have been made to them. Their
principal complaint regards money.
They say that they were told they
would get American money having the
purchasing price here that fofty-five
rubles has in Siberia. This is $22.50.
Upon making inquiries here they have
found that they can not get what they
expected for the money.
They look for their black bread and
vodka. They can not get it but must
buy other things in their place which
are, according to our standards, far
better, but which they are perfectly
willing to be without. The difference
in the very eatables which they have
found here has caused money to lose
all proportion in their eyes.
They were made other promises, they
claim, written ones which they present
ed to Lightfoot. These papers are now
being translated aud their contents
may change the entire face of the
question. Upon them rests the conclu-
sion that will straighten the exceed
ingly tangled matter up-have they
been deceived or are they laboring nm
der misrepresentation In the first in
stance there may be serious trouble
for somebody. In the second instance
there Will be no more trouble for they
accept explanations from one they
trust with childlike confidence.
Interpreter Thomas says that he be.
lleves IL is Misrepresentation on their
part but the whole business Il hope.
lessly eonfused-an attempt 10 remove
a people from wOrld-old rut aud
graft them onto a newer ono utterly
inexplieable TO them,
Have Pound One Friend.
Interpreter Thomas has beeome their
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