HAWAII. 





and in the harbor. The Suprem. 



- nr a writ of A<iA*ju rorptt* on the ground 



emigrant 



prevent*-: 



<iii. I thai tht-V WefVj Without thr 



all have a contra* I to work in the. service 



ract laborer* HUM I. 



twaiianlioa 



contra, t laU.rrm flrt wrnt 

 to the demand for 1m 

 land* und.-r a 

 e retiue*t of ih.- llawa. Min.nt. in 



HIM-* for Ih.- |.r 

 if the laborers more tringt-nt than an- usually 



thr HI. |H 

 I<t|ncM* (tovrrnraent wa 



ami wa*. it 1 



!! -llollld 



poo 



I 



I'lanU-r* -\i ntimlly 

 nkiii^ llmt ill. 



in- r- . i. a| ^ if t i:. n -r ri. ' iofjfl r- r- moi !. 

 laborer* at' . without 



oonatntof the authority*, but n.t 

 . hav fo in th.-ir posseseion. nf thr 



-1. nearly 1.000 had a wr 

 agreement with the Japanese hnmigru- 



moderation ( 



mpany a. turn the immi- 



grant!* t.. ih. ir home* in Japan in cam* it w. 



'urv work f.-r tin-in aft-r landing. They 

 ha<l come aa free laborer*, but the Hawaiian author- 

 itie* held that this agreciiu nt iua<li- tln-m i-ontrai-t 

 labort-r> in th> \i,- - f the law. and that it wan a 

 .i<-t that h.i'l not r--. . i\.-.l (In- a|>|>roval of thr 

 Hawaiian immigration ..ininiiioner, such as the 

 law mjuirv-. Tin-*** immigrant.- and t her showed 

 $50 in ca-li. but thr authoritio <li-inaini-<l proof 

 ^Bft wa :[:! l.\ t)u> immigration 



Bocirli.- i<> th<- i in migrants to be ret iinuii to th-ir 

 agi-nt- after landing for the purpose of rvading the 

 law. Thr Japanese consular authorities br 



AI/VI ,;,rf-u > ; fOOtcdlngl Hi 'h- BJSJBJ . .f ' I,. :;: | . 



grants wd 'ling 



i. but ill.- Hawaiian courts refused 



to issue 'ibftu cortm*. The Japanese 



i to ntoji f..r a 



I a war -hiptn Hawu 

 .tit at the iiame timt* dispatc^i< 



xhirh wa in Honolulu 



hariior whm wa" arri\ :.iy 5. 



'npanese cmisrr bnnigh' 



tin- immigration ,|.i. MI-JI. Tin- .la|>an- 



the part . ' liian authorities tn n fnv 



land. thiiH phi 



power of tin- Japanese consul to pr 

 in pn-v.-nting thnn from planng the matter 

 .nid in th- rrfu*al of 

 it at law institute! 

 inese who- had lieen i 



uag? in their In-half to ihe amount of 

 . $10(1.000 wore dnnandfd. The Midi In 

 in landing applu-d to .I:i|mnrM- fp 

 as denounced a* arbitrary and an in- 

 f tli- tn !. whii h wcnres to 



usse subjects thr 'right to ,-nt.-r Hawaiian ports 

 -hips and rat-.. . ,,f all sorts, to trade, t- 

 reside, and exercise every profession in Hawaiian 



port*, to hare 



.d ngl 

 )aHl 



lawyrrv The Haw. 

 lion that .ration law arc . 



rlrn-i~-of l', ,.. , ,-.wr| f V, - ..-. .. ; : . U 



swer to the Japanese complaint at the sodden *rin- 



re applied, ^id thai 



had ban la&ly enforced a* long a* thr immigration 

 and transportation companies did not attrmpt 

 f rud ; but when these companies made an atu-mpt 

 by evasion* of the law to fl.-.i thr . 

 pauper immigrant > it wa* Pineisar^ 

 [sBmii mil .1- - the letta i ; . M 



* 



,;...-.< . , .-:,.. ' '.,, .la; 



t had been died at 15 emu a gal- 

 lon, but t ' 



f |1 a gal- 

 lon, which wft h< Id by Ja|ai> ' 



'weeo the n * In !' bruanr. 



1HU7* the Hawaiian (iovernmetil m|Ue*ted that the 

 Japanese emigration law* be changed so as to re- 



. mtion inf.. Hawaii. 



- signature of the 

 .la|nrae minister 



f Ja|n and ler subject* under Mb***- 



?h Hawaii. II, jr 



U|nese resident, m Hawaii, who 



to 



cUiata* 



and to \ot-. and against subject ing them toany meav 

 un-su siatesuMyadofslinderogalion 



of 1 1 . The Japane*e note, 



while di-4-laiming all deaigni againt tl 



and N.V 

 urged th 



. the part of Japan. 

 nce of the ttattt* q*o <>t Hawaii 



was easential to the good understanding of the 

 powers which 1 u in the Pacific. It wa* 



further suggested that annexation might lead to 



v Hawaii of claims and . 

 ties already exiting in favor of Japan under treaty 



m. t the grni-ral j>roii--t with the statement that the 

 influence. nte* in Hawaii ha* ala>m 



been |>aramount. that annexation has long bam 

 recognized as a ncce**ary contingencv. always prob- 

 able and -t.-ndil) draw ing nearer, and waff pmoerd 



from Japan, and that t) 



a*! m it that the | r< 



-... n of iUwaii to State* can in- 



jure any legitimate interest* of other power* in the 



Vac.! IXT to t! 



: nneiM- subject*, he pointed out thai, although 



ngubbedb} ai>: nghl* 



that hate nln ady a^-ru^l to J*|n or to Japanese 



uJa|n and Hawaii 



would remain. i Jauanew minister. 



-Mr. Sherman's note, arknowl- 



minant ami |ran 

 - on Hawaii, v 

 guarantee gainer 



State* or Hawaii, and then fore an arpu- 

 agaiii-i any chanp 



intemta of ..then in the tt.ti** a*o. The Japanese 

 Oorernment could not view with unconcern and in 



tSy follow the extinction of Hawmiian 



r antiri|ti- without apprehension 

 the conseqmnco, direct and indirect, that would 

 follow the practical consummation of the theory 

 that annexation means the immediate irrmi nation 

 of the treaties and conventions with Hawaii and 

 the consequent cewation for the future of the priv- 

 ilege* granted thereunder ; and it would not admit 



