Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-29

The presence Of the vessels Compris-
ing the American Asiatic feet is sore.
~ missed by the business interests at.
Shanghai, the Gay paree Of the Far
East. Known throughout the Orient
as the "mOncy.spenders". the men of
the United States bamboo feet" have
been scat tered, with the result that
where heretofore Shanghai has been
the accepted Mecca for officers and
men seeking recreation. they are now
distributed all along the coast of Chi.
ma.
Shanghai is dead so far as bust.
ness is concerned" was the brief and
concise remark of an officer in the
Togo Kisen Kaisha liner Nippon Ma.
ri, a caller at the port OF Honolulu
last evening. The Nippon Maru Wis.
tied WoOsuug, the shipping port for
Shanghai, the first part of the month
and at that time 1t Is said that vessels
were lying idle at the wharv"s and
business houses working with half
forces Conditions were such that dOz.
ems Of river boats were laid up and
their crews either discharged or put
on halfpay. The crash came when
the rebels demanded a huge loan from
the China Merchants Steamship CO..
which the directors refused to al.
vance. thus tying up one of the big
gCst shipping concerns in the Orient
Though matters have improved a lit.
tie recently, still II will be long time
before conditions reach the normal
and the unemployed are put back to
their old positions.
The revolution has played the very
mischief with nearly all lines of bus
mess. While the Nippon Maru lay at
liOngkOng hundreds of young mon
who had previously been employed in
commercial institutions and big hous-
IS at Shanghai were passing through
! fOngkOug en- route to Manila and Sin.
gapore with the hope of bcttering
their conditions. The contingent en-
braCed clerks, accountants, bOOkkeCp.
crs, maChinists and skilled artisans
from various lines of trade.
Travelling through to San Francisco
in the Nippon were several men who
had been obliged to leave the country
owing to having been thrown out OF
employment at the treaty ports.
Shanghai hotels and bars, deprived of
the American sailor trade. are on the
verge OF bankruptcy, as the local trade
impoverished by the hard times-is
unable to supply the patronage neCes'
sary.
One OF the notable passengers in the
Nippon who received n welcome here
was that veteran T. X. X. commander
| W. y. Filmor, who on arrival at San
| Francisco will assume command Of the
Nippon Maru to succeed Captain A. G..
Stevens, who has been granted well.
earned leave of absence.
Other passengers in the Nippon and
to leave the vessel at Honolulu inClu.
ded . cabin, 1O2 Filipinos, 70 Japan.
ese, and 3 Chinese in the steeragc.
The through list included IS cabin,
70 second class and "a Asiatic steeragc.
About 500 tons Oriental cargo were
left here while the vessel remained at
| the Oceanic wharf. The through car.
go is large and valuable one, in.
Guiding silk and tea shipments.
Bearing ont the prediction an,
nOUnCed in the Bull lett weeks
ago. Purscr Grasctt will take over the
purser's duties in the TcnyO Maru and
will be found there with the arrival
OF that liner at Honolulu next Friday.
q. IT, Oulten, freight clerk, is TEN.
porarily serving as purser for the trip
until his successor, Thomas McCOmbc,
assumes the Office.
The Nippon Maru sailed for san
Francisco shortly after O'Clock this
morning, taking only Il few layovcr
! passengers.
| HonoluIan Back Sunday.
The MatsOn Navigation steamer Ho.
nolulan, sailing for Kahuui late last
evening, Is expected to return to this
| port early Sunday morning after hay.
ing been supplied with a quantity OF
sugar at the Maui port. The Eionolu,
Ian had a considerable amount OF
mainland freight for DISCHARGE at Ka,