The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-29
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JAPANESE TO THE
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Scheme Unsarticd Ey Federal
Officials Also Includes Con
p sPiracSf1O E2ads r.etts 4.
|FlLlPiReSg latokyEp h, ~
is BELIEF or FIELD
Are Thought To Have Sold Pass
es To Nipponese Who Posed
As HLittl6 Brown Brothers.

Through the arrest Of Japanese
named X Matayosa at San francisco,
who was neither entitled to entry into
the mainland nor to permission to leave
Honolulu, federal operatives have nm.
covered what Is believed 40 be a plot
on a big scale not only TO evade the
draft but to get Japanese TO the main.
land in contrayention OF the so-called
= Gentlemen 8 Agreement -
The return Of Matayosa to Honolulu
on the Sachem has revealed the fact
that he obtained his steamship ticket
on the President four weeks ago
through the use of Filipino draft
passes. "A thorough Investigation OF
the facts in which H! Gooding Field,
selectiye draft officer, and United
States Attorney Huber were engaged
all day yesterday; resulted in the ar
rest of p. Pedro and William Flores,
both registered on Maui, who are be.
iieyed to have been implicated in this
and other attempts to furnish Japan
ese with the opportunity of getting to
the mainland under false names and
,evading the supervision Of the, local
Japanese consAiate.t 9kft@'tsrtif ~
Posed as Filipino tH~ a-.
,Mutayosa was held at Angel Island
when II was suspected that he was
travelling under false eolors and was
not Filipino as he represented him
self to- be- Captain Field said yester-
day that 1t, Is a possibility that many
other Japanese have reached the main
land through widespread scheme
which has been worked by Filipino
draftees. ~. .
United States Attorney Huber said
yesterday that It still remains posi-
bihty that the Japanese is, as he
claims, draftee, and, that his return
to Honolulu by immigration authorities
resulted merely from 4 SnTixup of the
registration passes. He said search
win have TO be made through the rec.
ords on Maui before any conclusion
may be reached on the subject.
Draft Papers shuffled 4:
In addition to the two Filipinos who
are now locked up at the city Jail, at
least aidozen more Filipinos were exam
ined By Mr.. Huber yesterday! All those
whose draft papers have become shut
fled in some mysterious manner claim
ed that they were unaware Of the cir
cumstance and that il was purely, acct
dental. None Ofthese is being held by
the police except the Japanese and the
two Filipinos:.' II ~ e ~ f.
1t is believed that the apparent fraud
Is less an attempt to get Japanese out
of the draft in this island than a bold
scheme to; defeat the gentleman 3
agreement whereby Japanese are barred
by Japanese law from going to the
mainland. 2.As part of this agreement
the local japanese consulate is required
by the Japanese government to give its
sanction to the departure of only such
japanese as come within the stringent
rules Of the agreement. In the light of
the protest from the Japanese embassy
! at Washington to the, use of native
born Japanese in the American draft
the matter takes on a fresh signifi-
canoe. 1t is likely, from this turn of
affairs that foreign born Japanese who
are in the draft in Honolulu would
have less reason, to, evade. the draft
here than TO gain access to. the main
land in attempting such a scheme.
rrafhc in Passes
Officials believe that tile, entire ap-
parent plot of the Japanese had its
origin in the desire of willy Filipinos to
realize something on their draft passes.
THAT they found, ready customers in the
Japanese to whom they were offered as
a means of gaining admittance to the
mainland Is considered plausible. All
Nhe Fihpinos examined yesterday were
decidedly, of the higher class, and Cap
tain Field believes that a plot of the
magnitude that is suspected would have
several of this class Of Filipinos at its
head. -~teT ~
So far no definite information has
'beeh secured of other cases Of attempt.
ed fraud. 1t is believed, however, that
SO golden an opportunity to get around
the federal regulations would not have
been missed either by Filipino or ia
panese who might be aware Of the pos
sibility. The likelihood of rapid
growth of such device demonstrates
that large plot has either been nipped
In the bud! Of else that tit has been go
ling on successfully for some time.
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