The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-26
STRIKE TALK
BY JAPANESE
Shinpo, Jill and Chronicle Discuss
Report of Impending
Trouble.
AGITATION is STILL ON
| Jill Says News OF Strike Plans
Was Printed to Injure
Conspirators.
AGITATION IS STILL ON

That the news given by The Adver-
tiser regarding an impending strike of
the Japanese plantation laborers was
timely, was the gist of an editorial in
the Hawaii Shinpo yesterday morning
in commenting on The Advertiser s
story. In its review of the question the
Shinpo said:
"We think the warning wise one,
for it is through such warnings that
strikes may be prevented, and strikes
may be prevented better than cured.
We don't believe a second strike will
happen, for the reason that the strike
last year ended with no results and only
disturbed economic conditions. How
ever, the policy of the planters asso-
citation can not be said to be carried
out by some of the plantation managers
in good faith, and the laborers have not
| been able to see the material benefit of
the bonus system yet. If the plantation
managers will try to take advantage of
the ignorance of the JaDanese laborers,
strike will be probable.
cit can not be said that the labor
question is entirely solved. A warning
should be given to both the planters
and the laborers. AS We argued every
day during the strike, it would result
only in a revival of the anti.Japanese
sentiment, and another strike should not
be started.
''The strike is the weapon of the
laborers, but the display Of weapons
is an abuse. We would like to see the
restrictions on Japanese immigration
repealed for the benefit of the japanese
AS to the wage question, it should be
solved peacefully"
The Nippu Siji, on the morning fol
lowing The Advertisers story, state6
editorially as follows:
"We are entirely unconscious that G
strike is impending. The story appeared
so suddenly that we were very much
surprised. The story in The Advertise
was made out of whole cloth, but it was
very natural that that paper should
print it, as The Advertiser is the organ
Of the capitalists and would be scared
at the news. The intent of that publ
cation is to ALLEVIATE the sympathies Of
the japanese people from the gentlemen
in Jail. They have painted the men il
jail as bad fellows in order to ALLEVIATE
them from the affections of the peo
ple."
Since Ona took the editorial chair o.
the Nippu Jiji, while Sega, the regula,
editor, is serving his term for con
spiracy, the policy of that paper ha
been very much modified, and Ona hal
been pursuing broader lines, but it i.
admitted by the japanese that the Jij
must keep its agitating policy or lose
its subscribers. Agitation thus becomes
business policy.
That the sympathies of the Japanes,
|laborers have not been alienated from
the "gentlemen in jail" is shown b,
an account of benefit performance
that was given by the Aiea japanese a
which $5O9.09, twenty.four sacks o
rice and tub of sake were raised TO
Maxine and his fellows. After deduct
ing the expenses, 1923 was left am
this and the rice and the sake wer
!. duly delivered to the leaders of tn
late strike.
The sentiment of the japanese a
shown by the statements of their or
gans and by their own attitude is tina
the japanese are very much dissatis
fed with the treatment that they hav
received from the plantation manager
and that there is tense feeling. Tha
the newly arisen Russian question ha
materially changed the situation in re
gard to the japanese is also admitted
and this formed the subject of the onl.
comment that the Daily Chronicl
made.
This paper, which took the moderat
, side in the late strike, says: "The AID
vertiser has printed story sayin
that strike among the japanese j
imminent. A white reporter met tn
editor of this paper on the street an
asked whether or not strike was in
minent. The editor replied that Their
was no assurance that a strike woul
not come.
"It all depends on how the planta
ton managers treat with the Russians