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VOL. XXXVI, No. 72. HONOLULU, IL T., FRIDAY BRPTEMHKK 0, 1301. tVIIOLE No. 2318.
GERMANS
TO STUDY
I
if
Officers Ordered
To Report on
Resources.
HE Doric brings to Hawaii en
T route to the Mainland a party
ot trained German officers
"whoee business It will be to report to
the Berlin War Office on the military
resources ot the United States.
Germany wants to know all about
the United States from a military point
of view, since soldiers of the Emperor
served with Americans in the Orient,
and for that purpose there will be a
most thorough investigation made of
those things which are not In the ordinary
course of affaire brought to the
attention of a military attache. In addition
to the Investigation ns to the resources
of the country, the men who
are booked to make the tiip through
It for the direct contnet with the people,
will carefully ascertain the thought
of the German-American citizens, and
the extent of their loyalty to the land
of their adoption.
This Is learned from responsible men
who have been travelling in the Doric
across the Pacific, and have come into
contact with the party of German
who after service with the Imperial
Oermany Army In China, are
now on the way home, travelling by
way of America. The officers are not
advertising their mission and without
doubt will deny It. They say to their
travelling acquaintances that they will
spend a few weeks in their trip through
the UnltedjStates but in unguarded
momenta forgotten to pitch
their flmilBS roanVconversatlon, which
was earned "on' In their own 'tongue, so
as to preventvthelr neighbors from being
compelled' to overhear their planB,
The memberoj.jblspaityjof. officers
w lio "have' been "in "Jjhe'rVerviceunder
Marshal von Waldersee, and who are
now on their way to the United States
are: Maj. Baron von Buttlar, Ma J.
Gerhard, Capt. Engel, Capt, Hlntze,
Capt. qraptCapt, Messing, (Lieut.
Lieut, yon Lossow, Lieut. Nowack,
Lieut, von der Sode, Lieut, von
Lieut. Nlgmann and Lieut.
They would only say when approached
that they were travelling for
pleasure. The first named Is the chief
of the party.
The plan of operation, according to
the conversation of the officers on
board ship, was to separate when arrived
In San Francisco, and thence proceed
on their ways across the country
by diverse routes. This would permit
the observation of practically the entire
country. The principal thing of course
will be to estimate the feeling and loyalty
ft the host of German-Americana,
who have by their shooting festivals
and the preservation of other home customs
kept in touch with the fatherland.
For this purpose the officers have discussed
with many of the Americans on
shipboard, the question of the German
citizens of America, and the centers of
the greatest population ot their race.
From association with the Americans
the German officers have deolded that
the military feeling in the United States
has changed and this will be another
subject of their investigations. They
'aid little when questioned as to the men
with whom they served in Pekln and
but on one occasion a member
of the party dropped the remark
that Gen. Chaffee was abrupt, and
probably was not the best type ot
American It Is supposed that this conclusion
was formed after the
of the forces of the United States
had protested against the unrestrained
looting by the German army.
It its understood by the Doric's pas-mongers
who have been interested In
the mission of the German officers, that
the results of their Investigations "will
be embodied in a report to the war
office of the Berlin Government, which
1 will deal with the new America, ard
will be the first estimate made of the
people ot the country, by a corps of
foreigners, since the Spanish-American
war, and the entrance in a large way
f the nation into the wider fleld of international
activity.
Dune (Hta IcntrvtUOB Vnm Knox.
Assistant United States Attorney
Dunne yesterday received the letter of
Instruction from Attorney Geaeral
Knox referring to the telegram In the
case of Atherton vs. Waklawa Sugar
Co. Action in regard to the enforcement
of the thousand acre clause In
the Organic Act is left entirely to the
discretion of the United States Attorney,
the letter stating Jhat as he is on
the ground and well acquainted with
the situation and the territorial laws,
the matter can better be decided by him.
"fhat action will be taken by Mr.
Dunne will not be known until after a
conference with Mr. Balrd today,
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JAPAN AND
THE COFER CASE
The Chronicle's Comments on
the Recent Local Quarantine
Affair.
The resolutions of protest recently forwarded
to the Japanese Minister in
Washington, Mr. Tak&hlra. by Japanese
residents ot Honolulu, who have aaked
his Intervention with this government to
put -a check to the Indignities to which
their countrymen have been subjected
at that port, appear to have much more
serious Justification than the single case
complained of. At the Japanese consulate
In this city it is stated that United
States Quarantine Officer Dr. L. T.
Cofer, In Honolulu, has made It his
practice habitually to discriminate
against all Japanese and Chinese coming
to that port, In his offlclal examinations
and while permitting passengers of other
nationalities to go virtually
. THE CLOSE OF THE INCIDENT
od he has required that a
cal exam-nation be made of all AHatlcs.
Ho has not only subjected JaDanT la.
SwuSTAbta
dl niiu uciutLinen traveling as, camn
passengers to this Indignity, but he has
extended hlo rules to cabin pajfiengers,
mertly touching at Honolulu an'd bound
for this country.
On July Kth, when a Okabe. the new-
ly appointed Japanese Vice-Consul for
Honolulu, arrived In port, both this ren
tleman and hla wife were subjected to
th'l) b.lmlllntlno. nnt..l ... .Ul. -.
indignation and distress. At the same
time this zealous quarantine offlclal,
passing over European travelers, laid
hla iron hand of authority on Ml.. Imal
and Mlas Nobechl, two Japanese young
ladles of aristocratic family, on their
way to the United States to pursue their
?& BuTe. V" 'n
T Tanaka, Mr. Okabe'a predecessor In
Honolulu, who recently passed through
this city on h's way to New York, laid
a statement citing these abuses before
the local consulate, and the Japanese
Idents of San Francisco, embracing many
wealthy merchants ana men of Independent
means, are greatly stirred up over
the matter. It will be recollected that
during the bogus plague .care in San
Francisco last year Dr. KInyoun, the.
United State. Quarantine Officer hersi,
mttde a gross error In including the Japa -
nese with tho Chinese In an absurd order
1" them to pass In or out of the
$7' "'V? m" PS",e nat,0n ,B
tne WOrld, the Japanese have great na-
tlonal pride, which was touched to tho
lulck by lhlg discrimination. The mat-
elcnWOmcYnnTokIoynndeflanotoF"
aclcVfrom thJnaUon? whlchTasf"
ward supplemented by President Mc-
Klnley's apologetic reference to the
der In his message, Chronicle.
Bo,,ct of Brigham Youngr
' SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 28.
..,... ,. . ...
Mrs- Zlna D- "' Youn' wl(low ot the
late President Qrlgham Young, of the
Mormon Church, died today, aged 80.
Mrs. Young was .trlcken with paralysis
daughter near Great Falls, Mont. Mrs.
Young was born at Watertown. N. Y..
In 1811 and was one of the pioneers in
the Mormon movement, following the
small band across the continent to the
Valley of the Salt Lake. She was mar-
rled to Joseph Smith at Nauvoo, III.,
and after his death became the wife of
President Brigham Young. She had for
years been prominent in church work.
There are now hut four surviving
, widow, ot the famous Mormon leader.
1 Bt.ok.bl. B...W.. Itutructlon..
A- copy of a letter sent to the Col-
ot Cu9t at Ban Francisco
from ashlngton, was received
day by Collector Stackable which has
reference to the Treasury Department
regulations of May 25. 1900, regarding
certincates which accompany manifests
.
of goods manufactured abroad and
shipped again from Hawaii to the Unit
ed States. Qoods were formerly shipped
under the following regulation
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Islands "'"""""-, hen . .v. ."""""'
v. shipped therefrom to
the United States must be
nled by a certlllcate from the chief of-
shipment stating the date of
tion of the merchandise Into Hawaii."
The certincates required under this
rule are not now necessary a. the certificate
was merely Intended to show
whether such goods had been shipped
Into Hawaii between July 7, 1898, and
June 14, 1900. Hawaii not having been
a foreign country since July 7, 1898, ac
cording to the De Lima v.. Bldwell de-
clslon, such certificate, need not ac-
I company manifest. -
MANILA IS
BECOMING
AMERICAN
Now the New York
of the Whole
Orient.
ANILA Is the Mew York of the
1W Orient," said Edward Eugene
Easton. of Washinctoti. n rv
who Is one of the company in the Done
on his way back to the United States,
after a trip around the world, which
has Included a stay In the Philippine.
Mr. Easton has given some or hit impressions
In tlio form ot articles In
the magazines, and will add to this everyday
history of tho country, after hi.
return to his home. He continued:
"Tho entire round of life in tho
Orient has been changed oy the appearance
of the Americans in such
numbers an linve been traveling Blnce
the war. Prices have gone up at
least CO per cent. Whenever an American
anything he wants he gets
it; whenever he henrs of anything he
wants, he goes to see It. Ab a result
ull along the main traveled roads there
has been an advance In the prices of
even the necessaries of life, In the
'rlckshnvtsj and the most common of
curios to such an extent that the old
residents comment upon It In everv
city one enters from India to Japan.
"The most popuinr man In Manila
Is Judge Taft, and while It is of course
too early to roretcll what will bo the
result of the civil government now
being established, I believe that It will
surpass expectations. Already the
people are taking up American customs
and It will be only a short time until
they ure fairly well Americanized. The
courts are being organized and the
people arc finding that they are free
and arc becoming satisfied In consequence,
The greatest effect of the
urmy scandals Is outside of tho Phil
ippines. In the treaty ports tho Eng
lish, aermnns and French say: "That
is your American army," but to the
Filipino there Is llttlo at which to
wonder, as he Is accustomed to such
things from long association with the
Spanish officers.
"Kngllsh v 111 soon bo the language of
tho East, The order that Spanish Is
to be tho language of the courts In
th uiun.u f(lr nve years will
tie effect. The arc-taking ud
the language of tho Boldler very rapidly,
riven now, where there Is difficulty
In the native or tho Chinese understanding
the dialects of the different
provinces It Is customary for them
to exchange Ideas in pldgcon English.
This Is to be noticed all over tho East,
and It will be only n short time until
the lnngunire lias become the one In
which the business of the country Is
transacted.
"As yet the business In Manila has
not been organized according to the
best Ideas, but this Is because of the
great amount of It which has been
done. It will not b long until the
trade of the East will be dominated
to a groat extent by tho transactions
at Manila, and It now seems probable
that the great houses will have their
branches there, and will control their
Chinese and Japanese business from,
that city.
"Jnpnn Is In a peculiar condition,
with the great wsr Indemnity spent In
public works, and with a stnndlnr
nrmy and navy which Is a great drain
upon tho resources of the nation. The
nation is just as proud as ever. It
has an nrmy which Is the wonder or
the world, ns shown bv the attention
pnld to It while In China, and during
the negotiations for the recent loan"
when a proposition was made that the
nation put Its customs under the direction
or an admlnlstrntor as China
has done, the suggestion was not given
any-consideration at all; It was
turned down.
The the American In the
Orient has been gratlv Increased by
the appearance of the soldiers In China,
where they were seen to be the
best of all the allied forces. Trade Is
good, and th American Importations
are Increasing7."
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The Camera .Barred..
I
'annoyance and trouble to foreign tour-
of the r gd Kn,"'ce menl SeTaw
, , ...
against taking photographs anywhere
h'n " '? ot the fortification
zones. As these zones Include very
large tracts, mainly upon the chief lines
of travel, the practical result Is the al-
not absolute prohibition of the use of
tourists Artists also wilt
BOrn.flnd " Impossible to 'exploit the
country, as sketching is also placed
equally under the ban.
Dr. Gofer's Csse.
WASHINGTON. Aug. !. The Jap-
ti" . rlth Secre-
tary Hay a remonstrance against the
act)on of he heflUh offleera of tn u.
r 8tates Tr?asury Department, having
partlcuIar reference to th. treatment
Congu, at Honolulu and hi. wife bv,Dr.
rr.rr ,nrntln tt,. m..i rwJCut,
Servce Jn the qurentn, branch FTh,
State Department has referred the com
munication to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
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Ruby Hall, claiming to be a Ban
of "T orVh" oF'cirmpn'd
k.. lorer. J. I. Dnnniu. with .
iht IhI c
mc- iwr