Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 06, 8 January 1894 — Japan and Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

Japan and Hawaii.

| An est©eioe<l c<»nteiuporarv at one time tried to make a great ! «leal of capital uut of a stateruent , whieh Mr. Blount was cretlited ! with having made to Mr. Dole . relating to the Japanese question m Hawaii. Mr. Blouut who at that tiim* was very mueh a />cr- j ioihi yrata was accused of having advised the Provisioual Government to refuse to entertain the i deiiiamls of the »Japauese Govemment that Hawaii should ful- j fill her treaty <»bligation and the ■ ‘‘silent” eommissioner waa oven , suppt*scd to have prontised XIr. Dole the powtii*ful help of the (Jnit»*d iStattis, if Jap«u should , atteiupt to enforce hei demauds. Verv little credeuce was given : • I t > the “Star ussertion and it i was never corroborated by j anybody in authority here. The Provisional Gover<unent did not refuse the demaml of Japau, but securt*tl a <telay in giving a final answer, l»eciiust*. ns they claiiued, it was a mattci l»eyond the jurisdictiou of a governraent whieh \vas formcd for a specific pnrpose and as its name proved was simp1 1\ provisional. The Jj«panese Govurnroent whieh has never fullv rticognized the Provisional Governmeut showed no anxiety to enter into uegotiations with the temporary administration in Hawaii ..nd alloweil ihe qneStiou to drop foi the time being. Anybody following poliiioal aftairs in Japati will noiiee, though. that the matU*r far from betngshelved for gootl receives t!ie full attention l»oth from the conservative and tbe radical Japanese press, anil is a qaestion—perbaps the onlv <»ne -on whieh both paiiies apparentlv stand united. 1 The question of grantiug the franehise to Japanese residents iu Hawaii is natuial)y of great impoiianee. but as we have frequentlv pointed oat if such frauchise was granted now, it wnnld nol be of inueh practical inoment »s onl> a comparativelv sniall nuinber «f the Japauese residing j here wouhl |H>ssess the neccssaiy qaalifieatiouK to elaim tlie right i of votiug uuder onr constitutiou. The ioatttir is now ass>tming a r ver\ ditferent aspect beca tse there are pros|»ects that a class of Japanese far saperior to the , eommoii l«bort-rs heretofure imr ported will emigrato to Hawaii j as free men au»l «etlle as iiulej»endent farraers. We repriut the following from thu Ja/Htn Muil of Deceinber 16th ouly adding that the ineiititiited j«»ttnt«J is to a eertaiu exteut the ofticial organ of the Iraperial Govermnent. Uuder the he«diug h. mō/m/ūo» (o it «avs:

V «TT . “Mr. W»kamoUt, o( Yutuagucbi Ken now is wHilina at Yokohaiua witb his fumily aiul 17 &8Sociates to be luken to Hawaii by tbe Citv of Peking 'whioh lcavēs for Houolulu for the end of lbis •aouih Mr. Wakamoto hasbeen : restdent of tbe Hawaiian I&iamU for over four vear». engaged tn 1 et)tmnerve, bjtt reoently ieaaed I 50 acres of laml from ihe exQoeen. aml ie cotitempiatiug a further leaae of 300 acras, witb ihe ohjc-'t of <ttitrting a farm. Last October he eame home for the | uf eulssting the ai<l of aome vf his ielluw-eounlnoaen ana the 17 person* uow ratorning *ith him hare eng«ged to help

him in his enterprise The leate | < of the lands to be iaken °P i i for thirtv years: danng tbe hrst , three vears be is to pey nothing. frora the fonrth year he will baTe j to pav a tai of one and a hall .aen per *cre The agreement | ba» been made between Mx. Wakamoio and the manager ot the ex-Qoeen’s estates, aml has i been cenified by a notarv pophe, | ■ aud sanctioned by the Minister | of 8tite. The Ja|tanene Consn! doe« uot. however, seem to have heeu » partv to tbe t r ansaction. ; It is stated by the Maimehi . Shimhun tbat there are more tban 54.000 aeres of anreciaimed land available for simi!ar tree » gi*ants in tbe neigbbourhodd of Hilo alone. The prospects placed in īhe above lines before the Japanese« who shonld feel inelineil . to emigrt»te look verv tempt- . mg indeed and there are no j reasons to doubt that mau> of thera will feel inelineil to follow the eiample of Mr. W akamoto and bring their f.arailies and what little eapilal they pos- | gess to Hawaii and take up homesteads. shall h©artiVv i i endorse snch a moveraent because we believe that the Jap»nese make excellent citizeus aud that they by their frngality aud indns- | try will be able to cultivate the j vast areas of nucultivated lands | and make a tair livmg and pr<»fit | I out of their labor. If tbey should : enter here en nuuw tbongb'thej ! political view of the aituatiou will heeoiue of great importanee and wliatcver government may be in | power it will heeome uecessary ) to adopt measures whieh will give to the Japanese the rights to j whioh the3 r under the Japan- j Hawaii treaty are entitled. If i the government shonld refuse to j do justice, aud refuse to vecoguize the claims of the taxpaying Japanese, it will have to rnu the risk that they t«ke the raatter in their own hand, and bv sheer force of number take, what they believe is duo them iustead of | patiently w.iiting for onr ‘’civi lized Ainerican (!) adroinistra- . tiou to preserve the honor of ! Hawaii and keep tbe promises 1 aud conditions made in the treaty. And we hardly expect that the P. G. ean look to Wusli ingtou for help as long as Mr. Cleveland is President.