The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-23
GREAT SHIP
HIzEN LIES
IN WAIT
While Teuton Warship Undergoes
Repairs al Dock Monster of
Mikado's Fleet Turks Outside
Harbor To Prevent Escape
USES SEARCHLlGHTS
WHEN NIGHT FALLS
lFrom Thnrslay. Adyertiser.

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TT oNoLULU was thrown TO The
III forefront of Impeding naval &C,
tlvities in the Pacific, yester,
day, whom the shadow Of a Japanese
battleship fell on the aoticnles5 wator
Of the harbor, and farther out from, tha
shore the ship itsolf moved, silently
and ominoluly, the steel Of its heavy
guns cleaning wickedly in the early
morning light.
Unannorncoi and unexpected, this
battloship tho HiEon, 12,700 tons, with an
cvontful record for tine twelve years OF
its existence threw its shadow on
these waters Of the isles. Of Peace, aud
remainod on port like a naughty Go.
llath waiting for his David
sEARcHLIeHT plays
And last night, still moving TO aud
fro, the Hizen waited for her admitted
prey, the German craicer Geier, and
threw her soarchlight eagerly across
the water, on Diamond Head, ON the
black tulls of ships In the harbor. All
through the hours Of the night, the
searchhght continued ita untiring In
ve3tigafion, while tho shin re::.ainod
three or four miles from tho shore.
And from Fort Ruger a powerful
searchiight was focused on the warship.
Hundreds Of persons on roofs and hill
tops took advantage Of tho opportunity
to GEO the giant craft keeping her de-
termined watch. Up on Diamond Head
the Ardcis signals blinked--and blink.
cd. Possibly the signalling had moth.
Hizen, but It lont ronctheloss some
thing 70 the atmosphere CT the NIL
fancy Of the scene.
GEIER'S TIME IS LIMITED
In the meantime. on board the little
.German cruiser Geior, dasignatoi for
capture or deztr,setion by the Hizen,
the repairs to her machinery went
calmly on, APPARENTLY insepsible OF har
impending danger As soon as she IS
fintt he'd with her repairs, she must
leave, the Fort, or disnlantle and rsmaiu
hero until the war is over. This IS
according to neutrality law.
ohicers on tho Geier remain strictly
reticant concerning their intentions.
Admiral Moore, it Is well understood,
RS given the shin specified tine IA
re-t TO mako her necessary repairs, and
according to a rur.or the tine set IS
October %. Prom Japane=e circles
came report last night that protest
had b0sn made by the Japanese consul
against the Geier staying here even
that length Of time.
OTHER JAPANESE EXPECTED
, BY dawn the scene now set ON tho
waterfront and harbor may be changed
and In place Of one Japanese ship, two
or even three may take a position of
port. One Of these may be the Trans.
port-collier Tottori Maru, 1000 tons,
which accompanied the warship from
Yoshiskuga. This ship possibly was
seen Yesterday r.ornipg, with the hi
zen, but 1t disappeared again, in d.
rection and for a purpose not disclosed.
The Hizen is a fore-rlnner Of the first
Squadron Of the Japanese navy. 1t was
declared yesterday; and the others Of
this squadron are in this vicinity
. BATTLE CRUISER NEAR BY
The Hizen is now in wireless touch
with the battle cruiser Kongo, and
came with her from Japan, according
TO a statement attributed to an oficer
of the battleship last night So the
Kongo as well as the Tottori Maru,
may be seen on port this morning or
tomorrow; and this Japanese here be-
lieve is very likely.
In talking to Captain Yasumasa
Kawanalni, or tho Junior onicoFs Of the
chip. one is instantly struck with their
candor, which stands ont IN contrast
with the unbroken reticenco Of the
German officers.
Captain Kawanami did not hesitate
to say he was here to take or see dis,
mcntled the German cruiser Geier, that
he left Japan fourteen days ago. and
cruised past many islands of the south
Pacific. No whiting, he said, inter
rupted their trip here.
CAPTAIN DISCUSSES TRIP
He discussed with a great deal more
frankness ana detail than might have
been expected the trip here, and his
intention Of disuo5ing of the Geier as
an element in the present war,
But the first experience anyone Of
Honolulu had with the officers did not
lead to the belief that they were in
n mood to answer queItiops. This ex.
periehcc was had BY the pilot, who went
out to the ship in launch when she
first came off port.
I Your namel" he called up.
- Don t know was the answer.
Then came this rapidlire Of question
and answer;
Where fromRP; ''
F g Don { know Pr. 'I
H." Where bound forl''
81" Don't know =
: Anything you wantq''
mo" which was the only veal
answer they gave. And later develop
ments show that that answer was not
really correct, for they do want some.
thing-the German cruiser Geier.
Hizen Stripped for Action
The Hzen is stripped and ready for
instant action. Ia a few second :
time she could have her big and little
guns barking and roaring, as thoy did
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