The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
Two Vessels Stranded At This
Port BY Refusal Of Govern
ment To Let Them Get Fuel
ORDER IS SHROUOED
IN DEEPEST MYSTERY
officials Smile and Smile - Rui
They Won't Talk, and Mean
while the Ships Can't move

Tied up TO Honolulu wharves, pre-
vented from taking on fuel by the
withholding Of the federal permit, two
Dutch ships occupy berth today in Ho.
nolnlu harbor with their commanders
wondering what they are going to do
next aa.
One more example Of the suspicion
OF the United States towards neutral
vessels which has time after time been
exemplified towards the Dutch liuers
eailing al Honolulu, has been given.
Bound for San Francisco with Just
enough coal to get her there by pinch.
| ing sand scraping, the liner Gocntocr
hes at Pier 9. Bound for Yokohama
\ with Insufficient coal to get her, any.
where's near that port, the liner PTin.
tess Juliana lies at Pier Is. Il
Previously the federal government
! has had its naval officers board the
vessels, has had them followed by nav.
| al launches and has occasionally shut
them up 70 the public. All of that was
seldom mountaineering and never in.
/ terfeTed with the schedule. Now they
stop coal from being put on board and
| the vessels are stranded in Honolulu.
Lid is On, Tight
The utmost mystery surrounds the
order. There is probably only one man
in Honolulu who wholly or partially
Knows the reason, and he won't tell.
He is Collector of the Port Malcolm
A. Franklin. ~.
- I'm sorry 1 cant say anything
about it," said Mr.. Franklin yCster.
dGE, "but L have just received a
treasury decision stating that the Gus
toms officials are forbidden absolutely
10 make any statements or give out
any nows.D
80 tight is the lid on any informn
tion that the waterfront, which never
nesitates collectively to ascribe rea
son for anything, looks vainly for the
slightest clue upon which to hang an
opinion. s., -
| The two ships can't get coal and
there is. no clue as to when they will
Iget coal. And that Is all.
KS a matter of fact, there are thre,
Dutch vessels in or off port. The thirC
is the Solrakarta, which anchored out
side Sunday waiting for n crew to ar
rive by the liner GOentoer. The Goen
toer arrived yesterday morning will
the crew-forty-fve Chinese-and they
have already been placed aboard. tn,
SOlrakarta is still off port, however
Whether or not she wants coal an,
can 7 get it, like the other two, is no
so clear.
All day yesterday coal trimmers sa
! a hnTf thntr Il
waiting for the coal to show up. Moth
ing came, not even explanations.
The Inter Island Steam Navigate,
Company, which would have supple,
the coal had the permit come woul,
make no statement except that the,
had not yet been asked to supply tn
coal and that they understood that i
was because no permit had arrived.
The customs house was mum.
Permit Is Rescinded e.
At the agents, @. Brewer l. Co., Man
aGer J. w. Robertson of the shippin
department stated that they had ask e.
for the permit but had not got it YET
It was not correct, he stated that the
had been refused the permit--they sim
ply hadn't got it yet.
But the situation, boiled down fror
all reliable reports is that the fedora
government had issued the permit i
routine way, and later rescinded i,
No explanation was made public an
no hint of whether the permit woul
be granted today or tomorrow or a
all is forthcoming.
II is stated officially that it is in
possible for the Prinses Juliana to sa
until she gets coal. The Goentoe
; might make San Francisco by goin
low and outstanding her scanty stor,
That the officers of the Juliaua ar
Expecting a lengthy delay in port seen
cd apparent yesterday, but they woul
not throw any light on the situation
Honolulu is just like home /
Java" said Purser M. +. Schaefter @
he Julisna. eff can't stay in Jaw
| would as soon stay here. 1t is
beautiful place. SKI
And he smiled and stopped talkin,
| SO did everybody else.