The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-15
Russians Are Drifting Family by
Family Away From Iwilei
Discomforts.
AMP is GETTING WORSE
DeKerberg Visits Waialua and
Finds Nothing to Complain
About There.
(From Thursday,s Advertiser.l


ually from the bunch, securing work
around the city or applying for plan
tation jobs at the planters labor shed.
Yesterday dozen or 30 families hum.
bly, presented them for work and today
as many as can he provided with houses
will be taken to Eva. Others will be
taken on as soon as accommodations
can be found for them. Around the
city there are many Russians at work
and the situation, in general, is clari.
flying itself.
Conditions around the Iwilei camp
are very far from satisfactory. The
utter absence Of any attempt at sani-
tation brings daily closer the day when
an epidemic of some kind will break
out, provided the number encamped
there remains anywhere near station.
airy. City Physician Mackan fears an
epidemic, and has no funds whereby to
meet such, even if the county author.
tiles felt like authorizing him to take
whatever steps he may deem necessary.
The situation would he very much
worse, however, if the number in camp
was not steadily decreasing.
Finds Plantations Satisfactory.
Commissioner de Kerberg, who is
here representing the Russian govern
ment, has been looking into plantation
conditions on this island. He has wis.,
tied Waialua, where a number of Rus
slams are at work, and finds there that
the laborers are well treated, comfort
ably. housed and are in a position to
live better and make more money than
they ever were in Manchuria. He in
terviewed number of the laborers on
the ground and these had no complaint
to make.
The fact that Mr.. de Kerberg has not
arrived with his pockets lined with gov
ernment gold to distribute among them
and has simply advised them to get
out and rustic for their own living has
had much to do with the fact that many
Russians have already gone to work
and many more are preparing to do so.
From their commissioner the immi-
grants got very little sympathy. He
saw for himself what the conditions
were with them and what their condi.
ton would be if they stopped their
foolshness and overcame their laziness,
and his message to them was very frank
and very much to the point.
Next week the commissioner leaves
for Hawaii, where he will continue his
Investigations.
No Ground for Complaint.
1t has practically been decided By
the board of immigration that the Rus
slams already recruited in Hardin by
A. L. G. Atkinson will havo to ba
broungt on, it being hoped that by the
time they will arrive the present bunch
will be at work. Tho members of the
board do not intend to take any chances
with the next importation, however, and
it is understood that every laborer will
have to go before the American consul
at Hardin OF Dalny and state his knowl.
edge of the actual conditions here. The
board here will inform the consuls ex-
actly what is the plantation scale OF
wages and what are the inducements
Before laborer leaves he will hear
these over again, and will also be care.
fully told the difference between a
ruble and a dollar. When they land
here, therefore, there will be no back.
fire and no more talk of misrepresenta-
tions.
1t is supposed that Jack will receive
instructions to personally convoy the
lot TO Honolulu, also, aud to come pre-
pared to discuss the matter of cance'.
ing the time remaining on his year 3
contract with the immigration board.
Vasilieff Defends Himself.
VasilieR, who is known to be the arch
mover in the plan to keep the Russians
from going TO work, was a caller at
frha A1uaFfiaar afffaa Inst avanin0 nra.
sentng a signed protest against the
story published TO the effect that he
collected money from the Russians and
spent II In the saloons The protest
carries about one hundred and fifty
signatures, the body of the protest being
written In English. Yasllietf, after be-
ing question ID, acknowledged that be-
WAS the author Of the document and had
translated u for the benefit Of the s,gn'
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