The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-02
DIPLOMATS ON
BOARD THE
|DzUMO
Secretary of Foreign Office Hurry.
ing to Salina Cruz-Big Cruiser
May Be Day Late, In Which
Event There Will Be No Shore
Leave for Officers or Men TO
Stay Until Tuesday.

lulu one day later than at first expected,
the plans Of the local japanese for the
welcoming and entertaining of Captain
Moriyama are very much cup in the
air, although wireless, expected
from the cruiser tonight or tomorrow,
may clear the thing up and allow the
preparations to 90 ahead. If the
cruiser cannot reach port before Satur
day the formal reception planned by
Consul General Eitak will be postponed
from Saturday until Monday.
Two distinguished members of the
Japanese foreign Office are passengers
on the ldzumo and will cooperate with
Commander Moriyama in the mission
of the cruiser on the West Coast OF
Mexico. They are Mr.. Hanihara, sec
rotary of the foreign office, formerly
secretary of the Japanese embassy at
Washington, and Keichi Ito, counsellor
for the foreign office.
Consul General Eitake sent wireless
message to the cruiser on Sunday night
and expects return message this morn
ing setting the exact time at which the
cruiser expects to arrive in the harbor.
Whenever this may be the officers on
board with the foreign Office attaches,
will be greeted formally by the Consul
General of their country, delegation
of prominent Japanese and by repre-
sentatives of the army and navy, prob
ably by General Funston and Rear Ad-
miral Moore in person.
Wants Big Supply of Coal.
The ldzumo has wirelessed in to have
1900 tons of coal ready for it and the
first two days of the cruiser stay in
port will be devoted to coaling This.
say the officers at the consulate, will
prevent the officers and sailors from
getting leave while in port, as it is not
expected that the schedule for the sail
ing of the cruiser will be changed,
which was next Tuesday morning.
The Japanese consulate has received
unofficial word that four representatives
of Mexico, members of the minister s
staff, are on board the Pacific Mail
liner Manchuria, which is due to ar
rive here tomorrow. As the notice of
their presence is unofficial there will be
no official reception or greeting for
them here.
Object of Cruise.
A few days before sailing from Yoke.
suka, Captain Moriyama outlined the
purpose of the cruise in an interview
with the Japan Advertiser, saying:
Instructions were given me sudden.
ly to proceed to Mexico, as you know.
The political situation there need not
necessarily be said to be very danger
Gus, but as there are so many japanese
subjects in the country, the government
has decided to despatch the ldzumo for
the protection of their lives and prop.
erty in case of emergency.
''The cruiser was formerly the flag.
ship of the second squadron, but has
been attached since last year to the
reserve squadron at Sasebo. She re.
Gently came to Yokosuka to attend the
review on the tenth inst. Repairs wers
started yesterday and will be finished
by the twentieth inst. and she will then
sail. She will stop at Honolulu for
coal and water, and may spend day
or two there, according to the circum-
stances. If the ship runs at speed
of twelve nautical miles, it will take
her over thirty days to reach Salina
Cruz. Therefore her arrival there will
be in the latter part of next month. A.
she cannot coal at Salina Cruz, the ship
Will stop at Acapulco en- route for this
purpose.
Difficulty Expected.
"The City of Mexico is situated over
700 miles from Salina Cruz, and $50
miles from Acapulco, and means of
communication are very inadequate be.
tween the capital and these ports. Much
difficulty is expected, therefore, in ease
of emergency. Salina Cruz is poorly
equipped port, with one breakwater and
nothing else but there is no other port
NFut IuIl 10 FOR hn Ig,,, 4.
anchor in. -
Hanihara for salina Cruz.
In reference to the mission of Mr..
Hanihara, secretary of the foreign of.
flee, who is to proceed to Mexico on
board the ldzumo, IL is said that though
Doctor Adach, the japanese minister,
will continue the negotiations there on
the attitude TO be adopted by the Pow.
ers, Japan also required a representa-.
tive at Salina Cruz where the ldzumO
is TO anchor to direct the measures To
be adopted for the protection of the
japanese residents In case of emer.
gency Japan has no consul at that
port, while the means of eOmmunica
lion with the capital Of Mexico were
poor, Moreover, should there be an
outbreak OF disturbances, communiea
ton between the two cities might be
suspended, thus cutting on the japan
ese legation al MoNico from the mano
war az Salina Cruz
Mr., lianihura will be accompanied bs
keichi Ito, a counsellor, who served fol
over ten years Ia the consulate 10 Pen
and the legation 10 Braxil
omeial Notification.
lp ordering iho ldfumo 90 prorerd /,
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isslnt tho following public noiirei
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