The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-03

this tissue or mis.statemonts for tdo
enlightenment of public anxious
for accurate information ON the im
portant questions underlying the NO
gotiation Of the new treaties then
pending between Japan, the United
states and the other Great Powers.
The Miscellaneous Completely
Dlsproved.
Gentlemen. is It necessary for me
to say that the statements Of Mr..
Stones Harvard Graduate" are in
the main untrue? There was no stip-
ulation in Townsend Harris first
treaty of 1857 or in his definite treaty
of 1868, chat we (the Japanese)
should give them ground for their
Legation and their Consulate com
pounds"
The Truth About the consuates.
There was no such stipulation or
anything remotely resembling it in
either of the treaties. Moreover the
statement that 1--WE gave them ground
in Yokohoma for their Consulates' IS
untrue. The ground was not given.
It was leased at an annual rental, the
same as all other building sites in
the foreign Settlement were, and it
may be news to you, as it certainly
was to me, that the Foreign Consul
ates in Yokohama have always paid
and are still paying, rent for these
Consular grounds, which, according
to Mr.. Stones informant, were do
mated"
Merchants and traders followed,
and We gave them ground also for
their shops. The British and
the Russians and other European ma
lions came in and we gave them like
. concessions" continues Mr.. Stones
informant. Gentlemen, there were no
gifts of ground, either to the British
or to the Russians or to any other
European nations. The ground was
not given or donated" it was. leased
to the merchants and traders at
yearly rental, which was then and
for many years afterwards highly
profitable to the Japanese govern
ment.
/ The Truth About the Race Track and
the Club.
Neither the race ground, nor the
plot on the sea front for the social
club, were "given" or donated"
From the very outset it was stipu-
lated that rent should be paid for
the race course, and this stipulation
has been carried out.
/ And with regard to the club site,
it was not only stipulated that the
4 Trustees should pay rent the same
as other foreigners holding land,
! but it was expressly provided that
they should either purchase the
buildings then on the land or pay the
/ cost of their removal.
/ The Truth About the Cricket Ground.
Later" continues Mr.. Stones
story-teller Qaughter)-'they wanted
to play cricket and football and
finally golf-well, we gave them
ground for this. (Renewed laughter)
Understand all the ground was do
mated" Gentlemen, it is unnecessary
to go into the history of the cricket
ground dispute, but if, on the author
ity of Mr. Stones Minister of the
Japanese Crown" this land was
donated" to us, how comes it that
we have been turned out of it by the
present Japanese government?
What shall We call the statement
that Eve proposed that they should
buy the old field from us, and that
they finally compromised by paying
for our improvements, and furnished
us with a new field with like i'm
provements free of COST"
Is it not a fact that so far from
their %paying us for our improve
ments, and providing us with a new
field with like improvements free
OF COST" that we gave them our
club house and pavilion, which cost
us over Y1O,)OO to erect, to say moth
ing of our fencing, and the finest
piece of turf in the Far East without
receiving one sen as compensation,
and that up to the present we have
not received, or are we likely to re-
ceive, any new field with like i'm
provements, either free of cost" or
in any other way. cloud applause)
The Truth About the Golf Course.
AS to the donated golf ground
-Qaughter) there was no ground
donated" (Renewed laughter) The
whole of the golf ground was pur-
chased by the race club from the ma
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