The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-03

1.-THE receipt in ,lloilo of telegram
concerning the accomplishment of indie
pendence by naturalization and the con.
sideration by the President of plan
which may, be presehtcd1lto congress
providing ,for Philippine Independence
under a protectorate with q Japanese
resident atsthe head Of affairs, has set
the people thinking as 70 the probable
outcome of siieh adventure. tE.E '...t
Last night when the information
was published locally mass meeting
of. protest sas heidTHThis meeting was
attended by more than two, hundred
Prominent people Of the city and 3
host Of Others, among them teachers,
printers, clerks, bookkoepers, etc.
"They gathered to discuss the mat
ter and determined to formulate pro
tests. Your correspondents was request
ed to formally register the protest Of
the people against the idea Of Japa.
nese Resident. They alsog protested
against the competition in any way,
shape or form Of the Japiesc with the
government az fthas 4sERds,a
5t Would Rise ~ Arms.
t'Thc sense Of the meeting was that
the people. wanted independence in a
measure, under American supremacy
and the opinion waA expressed that the
people would rise 10 arms If the Japa-
nese 7or peoples Of any ether national
tiles were to be given control Of the
lslnnds "a Hviai Az 'ruid I'll t'
'.lhe professors represented the most
enlightened thought among the young
educated afihpihosA Thereai Is no ques-
tion as to their attitude on this mat
ter. 80 t.ttf..
"a resolution was adopted to send
communication to President Wilson
protesting, in, the name of the Visayas,
against the proposed Submission Of the
FiHpinos TO the Japanese. !" '....
To Be Abandoned7
Word of the activity on Guam, pre-.
paratpry To the stationing there of a
large detaehment of marines, adds TO
Manila = worry. a.a,. n.E{
"That the Philippine Islands are to
be abandoned, and Che Island Of Guam
lie to be made the, new frontier of the
United States in the Far East, is the
Interesting and significant information
thought from the Island of Guam by
recent arrival who is in a position
TO know the sitpation,'' says q Manila
report r..s.v
/ III is understood that everything
possible win be done to make the little
island the most formidable eoaling sta
ticn in tho Far East, and that 1T is
the intention TO transfer All the head
quarters military aud naval forces TO
be maintained IN the Far East to that
ala L., - 80.
tiG NV, would %spa /, a asleyed that a.
ing at Gavitc and 0longapo would fol,
low the flag in order TO follow their
employment y ~. =,
"The first move in tits new plan is
20 be carried out next month by the
transfer Of the Marine Corps headquar,
tiers TO that island, as has already been
explained II considerable detail in these
columns. The work on tho harbor con.
struetion is ready ito begin, and the
next move following the completion OF
/ the harhOr, il is said, wOuld be the
4 transfer Of the dryd0ek Dewey to tic
islands, followed by the ships of the
Navy nov in Eastern waters. :" ~
No Japanese.ul b., ~.
Some of the leaders of lthelo r IN,
Society, ,qaestioned on the Manila re-
ports, immediately grew excited. ''WI
don't want il, q one shouted. "WI
would rather stay as we are. We won't
have any .lapane = governing Jus. w,
IFlipinos never did like the Japanese
aud we will pi otest agu INST turning on
country over 10 theng or to anyone else
We want Independence when, we are
fitted for it,, and until then we want
TO stay as we are.'' ~. .~r.
Thought japanese Invaders at Hand
THAT tho local SPOKESMAN for the
Elipinos expressed the prevalent idea
Throughout the archipelago 10 shown by