The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-27

Through Misunderstanding, Com
mander Kawanami of the Japanese bat
tleship Hizen was subjected to con
siderable embarrassment when he was
held up by armed sentries from the
United States Coast ARTILLERY corps
and custom house officers and refused
landing at Pier 8 at seven o clock
yesterday morning.
The occurrence caused rumor to
spread up town that Japanese had
been shot at the pier because he had
refused TO halt when ordered to do so
by sentry. .
IL was decided several days ago by
Collector Franklin that the going and
coming Of . launch from. the Hizen to
the harbor was breach of the neutral,
ity laws and the launch Of the Hizen
was forbidden entrance TO the harbor
unless permission was granted by the
collector. ".
What Lead to tHoidup'' ,.a
On Sunday, Collector franklin, &C.
companied by Deputy Collector Sharp,
paid n visit TO Captain Kawanami
aboard his vessel A conference Of a
haifhonr was held on the wdrship, mt
which time 1t was. decided that Cap
tain Kawanami was to come ashore
yesterday morning and confer with the
collector and Japanese Consul General
Arita at the custom house.
Collector Franklin notified Captain
Brown of the Thetis Of this decision
and said that the launch was not to
be held up by the Thetis.. The time
set for the conference was ten o 'elock.
Ia ~ T.,
Charge Roger J. Taylor to instruct his
men not to interfere with the launch
should she arrive at ten o'clock.
Japanese Changes Hour
At late hour on Sunday night Col
leetor Franklin received a wireless
message from Captain Kawanami stat
ing that II would be impossible for
him 70 attend the conference at ten
O'CLOCK, and would IL be Just as con-
Yenieht If he made his call at the Gus
tom house at eleven clock instead !
Collector Franklin replied that he
had no objection 20 meeting at the later
hour. The customs inspectors were
then notified Of this change OF hours
AT seven 0 clock yesterday morning
the launch of the Hizen, containing
Captain Kawanami and Lieutenant
Commander Taguchi, steamed down the
slip between Piers 0 and z. A sentry
from the Coast Artillery corps called
TO the pilot of the launch TO bring his
boat to a stop.
This command was disregarded. The
launch continued on its course despite
the repeated commands for it to stop
Halted BY Armed Sentry
The Japanese officers stepped OF the
launch at the landing at Pier 9 and
were proceeding up the stairway when
they were halted by an armed sentry
and several customs officers.
Captain Kawanami explained who ht
was and said that he wished to cal
on the Japanese consul-general. The
Americans were obdnrate, however
stating that orders were orders anC
that the orders they had received were
10 the effect that Captain Kawanam
was TO come ashore at eleven o'clock
and that his mission was to call OIL
the collector of customs at the custom
house. They said that no mention wal
made IN these orders, of visit to thu
Japanese consul-general.
After considerable parleying and EN-
bafrassnient on the part Of the Japa
nese, Collector Franklin was communi
Gated with by telephone at the Alex
Gnder Young hotel and after explanh
tions were made Captain Kawanam
and his aide were given permission Il
land.
Collector Franklin Explains
"There is no feeling over this mat
ter, ~ said Collector Franklin. "Th'
whole affair was the result of a mis-
understanding. Captain Kawanami in
formed me by wireless that IL woulC
; be impossible for him to come ashore
at ten o clock this morning and asked
me il had any objections to- his com
ing at eleven. / said that had not
! was much surprised to hear, however
that he arrived AZ seven o'clock, in
stead, and when he was held up by
the sentry the latter was doing no NOR,
than his duty. t..q..
Conference Lasts Several Hours
.. A aanfaranha laatinoy paVaral hour