The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-29

ne q last attempt 20 hold them ~. They I
have 60 thavc the lensa aud they be. 1
iicye that their necessity u thus being !
taken advantage Of ltt.
SO certain are the Portuguese Of this
that some Of them have gone to the
land Office TO see II the extra payment
cannot be avoided, the bonus money be- (
ing considerable item for poor people. /
II is understood that the land officials
have told the tenants 70 refuse 70 pay
the bonus and rely upon the government
protecting them.
Threaten to Hold Up Settlement
Tie charge that threats are being
made in order to deter the Portuguese
from siding with the administration and
in order to bring pressure to bear upon
the administration to hand over twenty
thousand dollars to the estate without
further parley is advanced by Repre-
sentative Marcallino. He says:
Mr.. Colburn is going among the
Portuguese and calling their attention
to the fact that the Kapiolani Estate
has held the government off the lands
in Manoa wanted for the College of
Hawaii for some time and has taken the
matter up to the Supreme Court of the
United States. He tells the Portuguese
that IL tho estate desires ~ can alao
taIo tI,a ,,,o+to,. ~ +ha pm. hb,,,i la,,ds
60 tbe Snnrema Count IN +be Same 1vsv
and 80, tLa onas ,r;.b n,oforo,,,yo
rights from oetting titla IN their lands
for years to come,
1--WE have gone to the Governor with
tbis throat and oTe eotisfied that tbe
Pnncbhovvi lands are in different 70.
sition "a +bose &c NEonoa valley In
+ba Ia+te. caso +ba trar,ioIan; Iea:s does
NOT oxnire for some vaars and tho +en.
ants Sid ~ ,,,a,,t 80 1aa,,a n,ba,, SD
With tbe KanioIani Relate and tbe oov.
or,',,,t lal - go
In onr case +ba ieaso e~niros IN iess
| ~, . 80 ga No an Ia ,,,ith tbo
,royornmo,t Tbo 90 COS 40 NOT ,,aroil,,I
e5nd NO .ro ro+ fris,btoned LII ana
| thrao+ 90 . boId.rr 20, 49, +;+IaS
20 Nv W. eonrnt 500 nv nv tba two i,rndrod
od5 ,vitb ,rof eror"a riyh+s sbnnid be
made ~ ,av ahon+ fortS doI,srs anioce
to reimburse the Kapiolani Estate for
| 5sonob;l,; l.nds nv 20 ra,1 - cor tho
bIacl< sand and firewood Il NAV leave
] On tba Iands of tbo asto U,be os+o+o
has made lots of money ont ~ rs and
4 IF n wanted TO helm ms in anv wav il
conld fake mn onr offer of a vear,s rent
| in aaytanca for n release to fhe ooxarn.
mcnt of onr narticular lots
! eve have abont come to the concln.
i sim tbat II would no nn1vise 70 ,nsb
This matter now that n iangle has come
m, There are n nnmber Of leases which
do NOT carry nreferenee RIGHTS that
would be interfered with If the land
was to be resurveyed and cut up before
s us ,bn e6 hoS a ,o , mto tSe %
thotter -haliave tbe a1n,inistra+ior e
tiebt IN GONG slowly II would he
nicer of conrse If we cobld have the
tbatter settled now bpt If there is IA
Re any more tronbIe tbe hest tbino is
IN wait until tbe timo when +be Ka6io,
lhni Estate win have mo more 70 saw
about IL and the question can he sef:
fled between the tenants and the gov,
eminent direct That win only bf
eleven months more. y
The Political End.
That the whole matter is beino on
6ineered in such a wav as TO make
trouble between Governor Frear and
the Punenbowl tenants is fairly clear
At any rate the representatives of tn,
| estate are not heSit atinp in SAVING that
the Governor is the one to blame first
last and ali the time. Whatever i,
wrong, the Governor did il.
The Luso has received the follow
ing letter from c. w. Ashford. attorne,
for the Kapiolani Estate. which accuse,
the Governor plainly enough. The let
ter says:
-
AShiOlos Fresen1auoh'
Editor of o Luso-In your --latest
issue you recur to the position, for
. merly taken by you, to the effect thai
. Kapiolani Estate, Ltd, is at fault foi
the failure to settle the matter of tn,
rights of the tenants of that corpora
ton to secure fee simple titles. Yol
now 90 so far as to charge that til,
i estate has tried to take advantage O
! the situation Whatever that ma,
? mean.
! "As "A member of the last legisla
/. A. M