The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-29

Matters in connection with the Rus
sian immigrants and their troubles are
expected to develop at rapid rate to-
day. At ten O'Clock this morning, pro-
vided no unforeseen illness develops in
the meanwhile, the board of health will
officially withdraw from the matter, and
the six hundred or more newcomers will
be turned over to the board of immigra-
tion. The Russians will continue to
occupy their government quarters on
Quarantine Island, however, and will,
feed at government expense, the only
difference in their status being that the
hospital corps guard will let them go
to and from their quarters without re-
striction and will allow all who wish
to visit them to enter the quarantine
reserve. The board of immigration will
cater for the newcomers and foot their
bills until it is decided what to do,
whether to send them back to Manchu-
ria or keep on looking for jobs for them
in Hawaii.
In the meanwhile the Russians are
resisting all the efforts made to bring
some order out of the chaos. With A.
Perelstrous, the man who recruited them
in Hardin and who escorted them here,
they will have nothing to do. They
refuse to discuss their affairs with him
and decline to accept any Of Ills advice,
referring him, impudently, to their law
yer, who, they say, is Joseph LightfoOt.
The idea still prevails among them that
they can collect damages from the Ter
ritory for bringing them here under
what they claim were misrepresenta-
| tions, and they persist in believing that
they are in a position to collect this
fortune and sail away with it to the
mainland or back to Manchuria.
Interpreters Set Them Wrong.
From their remarks it has been gath.
| cred that the ones who spread this re-
port among them and urged upon them
the desirability of cinching the Terri
tory are some of the interpreters en-
ployed by the planters association and
the board of immigration. So far as
| can be learned, the Russians are under
the impression that Attorney Lghtfoot
| stands ready to bring suit for them, an
idea that they will be disabused Of very
shortly.
Mr.. Perelstrous, last night, declined
| to hazard any guess as to the outcome
| of the matter now. 81 will go over
there again tomorrow, he said, "and
something may be arrived at. To
night, however, i can say nothing
| About all L could get them to say to
me yesterday was to tell me to see
| their lawyer. They all know that Eng.
| lish word lawyer
Conference Today.
The whole Russian question with the
new developments will be gone over
again today at "A conference called by
| the Governor, ut which will be pres
ent the secretary of the Territory, tile
| president of the board OF immigration
| tho French consul acting for Russia
Mr. PerelHtTous, Attorney Lghti00t
aud probably representative OF the
labor bureau Of the planters assoela'
| ton,
Secretary Mott Smith visited Quar-
antlue lslgpl yesterday morning, ~
company Willl NJ PeIelstTous, but
busted hims0lf attending 10 sans hoard
" health deialls, A numbef Of tbs
lnose hnpslaaa from town l0nfneyrd
over tho ennspNay HnN attempted 10
join ihnlf frll0s e0untTympn 10 quar-
anllas, beinR turned hNsy by the
guegae TAey obtained 50 inieFfleN
Nlih AZ, Mott salih, hoNesell and
lald lheIg tails " Haa TlaF Hefe fIem
ruansss, Aanl, ana hsa llsi u HFles
anfts ~ Islaif, hmNhH ihslf IaasanH