Hawaii Holomua, Number 112, 14 Mei 1894 — Japan and Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

Japan and Hawaii.

TLe Hol mr\ a while sp> ealle*.] the attention t the fact th.it there exists an onderstan iing between Jiran an<i H:»w ; »ii iu regnrd to the fartker imp- rtation of Cbinese coolies to these is m i>. We oientii>ned the fact becau.se. we thooght il sbsard an<l useiess f<*r tfce c <anci!lor> t .* >p« uJ their valaable ī;me m <li>«.assing a Chinese irnmigration ;«ct th;*t never coold c..-me to| :• n\ th Tig b>< »isc -J.»p<n w<< : not iiiow Hjwa:i to re-;irae the ; Ci;ine> > imniigration. We knew what we were talking abont while ! our \vise meu eminently re>pectable in tbeir ditierent Iittie j*b:<-«.•- f life w< re a- ignorant «>f the trne st.«t<3 of afi<irs :t?! existing bctween Japan and Ha-i waii a» tbc-y are in r>. g.»rd everything pert linii.e: to the g<<veruineut of t’uis e ;try. The Hon. II. W. hwiu ..■•>< i b< r« ! to<b\v, and we recom .. -n l t! raembersof the c<<;i <'.- *•> *>k him if the U «Lc«mi a w > not correct when it a>serte.’i t :'<t Japan will protest against t iiinese immigr;»tion. His an>wer wiil bc in the atBrmat ve, and the Councils ean tb«n reali/ tbev • huve been treated hke a j»ack ol fools or children by ti:c mir.ister who bronght iu the t iiiue>e iramigr;»tion aot and who , -* have knowu that it was imp >>ible to get auv Chinese intr< ; ; ■<•<! here. o « never miiul what kind <>f law wa> made. H51 r. Irwin >hould have forgotten the agreemont between Japan aml Hawaii in tliis rnatter —\ve elon t for moment believe that he has —\ve will refresh his raemory by printiug the followiug letter from him \vritten to His Lxcelleucy Samuel l’arker minister of foreign ati.»irs ou 1>< e 26tb 1891. \: • i menti . iug other matters AIi. Irwin writes: “1 woukl most rcsj»ectfnlly eall your Excellency’s atieutiou to a matter whieh h;*s mueh exercised the Japaneso govornmeut. It \\as u eoueiiliou ol ihe Emigratiou Couveution of 5Iaroh (*th i'St>, that, if sulticieut Japanese iaborers wereobtainable, no more Chineso laborers woulel be imported. This was solemniy prOmised by liis 1 ate Majesty King Kalakaiia uiid by Premier ( Jibson. Eveuts have proved conclusivelv that a sui!Īcient suj*j*ly of Japauese agitcultural laborers have beeu obtained aml ean bo obtaiued. 8o 1 trust hcreafter tlu»t uo moro Chinese will be importeJ by either our goverument or pl;»uters. The Jaj>anese goverumeiit cousiders it a dauger io their relations with the Cuinese goverument. whieh are al\vays verv delicate. The same reason. m my opiuion wouhl aj j)l\ to lu«li tus uiul other coolies. J meau in the view of the Japanese goverament.” This seems j>laiu euongh, and \ve expect that the fact brought now t<> the knowledge of our goverumont will uiake them kiek tbemselves —and eaeh otheis—f <r bav;ng \vasted lime aud breath, and quarrelled over a Chiuese bill wh.eh never eoulil gaiu any practical importauce. In tbe future tbe Couuciliors h *.d better li>ten to the HOLOMIA, »t least as far as Japanese ati*ir> aro ooncerned. We aro prettv well j><«stcd.