The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-06
Annie Larsen Cargo of Arms and
Ammunition Probably Intend
ed For Oriental Revolt
BRITISH POSSESSIONS
"A = IN FAR EAST CONCERNED
What Mystery Steamer Is Up
To Now Remains To Be
Developed

EGiices 10 the custom house eame
yesterday, in the monthly report from
Hilo, that the American steamer Nav.
ertrk had cleared June q for Andjur,
Java, "and South Sea Islands. " This
confirms prior press atlYices that she
had gone TO Andjur. The Maverick
recently caused quite q stir at HIlO by
h0r unexplained presence there; a pre-
selice explained in part last Wednesday
by adivees from Hoquiam, Wash, that
the schooner Annie Larsen had put in
there in distress with 1000 old Spring.
tield rifles AMI 100000 DUN dun cart
-idges, which she was to have deliver.
ed to the Maverick, but failed because
she missed the steamer at their rem.
devious at the Socora Islands.
Concerning General Huerta
Against published statements yester-
day that officers of United States
naval collier had seen the Maverick
taking freight from the Annie Larsen
at the Socora Islands, there is the posi-.
tive assertion of Jose Camaliche, an
Ciled on the Maverick, that the steam
err did not find the Annie Larsen at all.
1t has been con iectured on the Coast
| anu III Ludb INC am VI luI
Maverick may have been to deliver tho
guns and ammunition to agents OF
Huerta, to be used in fostering the new
army he is supposed to have plotted 10
put in the field. The Annie Larsen
sailed from San Diego, where the sup.
plies were loaded, March 8, for Arapul-
co and on April 20 for Topolobampo.
Since then she presumably had been
| Il oh hn ,,h 4,
put into Hoquiam. There appears,
however, to be a better explanation Of
the Annie Larsen Maverick affair than
that the ships were working for IIurta.
Seems More Probable
Stirring up mutiny or rebellion in
the Straits Settlements, British Burma
VI even India itself might have been
the aim of the Maverick, and the arms
and ammunition might have been in
tended for mutincers or rebels.
If, as appears, the arms and ammuni
ton could not have been intended for
use in Mexico, India appears the loai-
cal place. They hardly could have been
for Carranza, for they were in his ter
ritory at Acapulco, and the Annie Lar
sen resisted detention by the Carranza
forces, and escaped by the aid of the
| y ulJeu OtdJtS BuHDOdl OThIOWu.
Not Likely For Villa
If for Villa, it would appear that they
could have been delivered to him, either
across the border or by sea, without re.
sorting to all the trouble TO which th>
Annie Larsen went Furthermore, if
for either Mexican faction, it is diff
cult to see why they should have been
reloaded on the Maverick from the An
| nia | which w tho infnntiOn ni
the schooner.
With thesa possibilities seemingly i
minated, one naturally would turn his
attention to the Orient for the destima-
ton of the arms and ammunition.
No spot in the Far East appears 80
likely to be the scene of a mutiny as
the StIuits Settlements, British burma
or India. The Singapore mutiny still
is fresh in the mind Of the world. Thu
possibilities opened by the mutiny must
have been remembered when any power
, sought to stir w trouble in the British
possessions in the Orient.
Moreover, the unexplained presence
! of five Hindus on the Maverick, m"n
who Jose Camalche was sure were Him
dus because of their headdress, for OK
ample could be explained admirably BY
the suppOsitiOn that the Maverick in
/ tended to sail for Andjur for orders
II md thence to the Straits of burma.
" Mystery Still Unsolved
To Andjur, for orders-that appears
to be the reason why the Maverick
should 20 to the Java port. Many ships
, call there daily for orders; it is cen
tralIy located to the Orient and especl-
, ally for the British possessions lying
9 west of Java. There crops Oat through
. the whole Maverick Annie Larsen strry
=, the secrecy with mich 1t was attempted
- to conduct the affair: Recruiting a
a. crew in San Francisco, althOul the Ma
yerick sailed from San Pedro; putting
supercargo aboard the Annie Larsen
to give orders, at sea, to Captain lsack-
son; the mystery at IlilO; the ignoranr
Of the members of the crew as to tn
ship's mission; the discharge Of men
n at HilO because, so Camalirhe sad
! they talked too much, or the captain
ll thought they talked too much; and 50
on. 1t seems likely that the Mavorick
would be bound for Andur, Java, fUI
orders.
& But what she is doing now, with the
t. Annie Larsen 3 1000 old Springfield,
of rifles and 100000 dumdum cartridges
to missing is something else agail.'
m IL Is believed here that the Mavericl
It will run into much trouble in Java, j
re she goes there. The Dutch, to whom
OF the Island belongs. have watched thri
OF neutrality and its preservation wit
hawk-eyes, and they would not PERM
vs. Java to be used for an instant as
n. base for an attempt against Burma o
"A the Straits Settlements, if they wei
an. .ware of it,
sit On the other hand, clearing for Jaw
Is and "South Sea Islands" gives tn
Maverick a wide latitude. "South Sc
Ar Islands" may mean almost anythin
> that it is desired il should mean.