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A Japanese syndicate has secured 300,000 acres in the Mexican State of
Chiapas, on which a Japanese colony is to be established. The land is to
be divided into lots of 20 acres, one lot to be assigned to each family.
The immigrants are to raise coffee, cotton, tobacco, and sugar, and to
introduce certain Japanese industries.
The first party of colonists are now on their way to Mexico, and it is
thought that thousands will follow them.
The Mexicans are said to be quite pleased with the prospect of the
Japanese settling among them. They need a great many laborers; these they
find it very difficult to obtain, and they expect the new immigrants to be
a great help to them.
It will be interesting to watch how the amiable, active Japanese get along
with the fiery, indolent Mexicans.
* * * * *
Hawaii is disturbed over the news that the Japanese cruiser _Naniwa_ is on
its way to Honolulu.
She brings with her a special Japanese Commissioner, who will investigate
the immigration matters, and claim from the Government of the Sandwich
Islands the sum of $100,000 damages for preventing her citizens from
landing.
It is reported that the _Naniwa_ has on board three of the emigrants who
were refused admission, and that she will try and land them, for the
purpose of making the Hawaiian Government prove in the courts its right to
forbid their entry.
The Japanese insist that Hawaii has violated the treaty existing between
Japan and the Sandwich Islands. The Honolulu lawyers have been studying
the treaty, and insist that the immigrants had no legal right to land, and
that the treaty has not been violated.
In the mean while, the Government of Hawaii is doing all in its power to
get white laborers employed instead of Japanese on all the sugar and
coffee plantations. And as it is feared that the United States will not
care to annex the islands if all the labor is done by Asiatics and there
is no room for white men, it is trying to get Americans to go over with
their families, and is promising them steady and paying employment.
An Immigration Bureau has been opened, and every effort will be made to
get first-class American laborers to go there.
* * * * *
The revolution in Honduras has been suppressed.
We mentioned this trouble in No. 26 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, and said
that her sister republics had declined to interfere.
Matters became so threatening, and the revolution took on such a serious
aspect, that Nicaragua finally decided to help; but she did not move
until Dr. de Soto had been proclaimed President by the rebel party, and
had gained possession of the town of Puerto Cortez.
Finding that the revolution promised to be something more than the usual
South American affair, Great Britain and the United States both ordered
cruisers to Puerto Cortez to protect the interests of their citizens.
Nicaragua at the same time armed a steam-tug, and, loading her with
soldiers, sent her to the little town to recapture it from the insurgents.
This was evidently accomplished, and appears to have ended the revolution.
A telegram has been received in Washington from our American Consul in
Honduras, stating that the revolution is at an end.
There is, however, a very indignant feeling against Nicaragua, in
consequence of a story which has been brought in by the steamer _Rover_.
Captain Reed, of the _Rover_, which is a fruit steamer, declares that when
about four miles out of Puerto Cortez, his vessel, though flying the
American flag, was fired upon by the Nicaraguan gunboat _Lucy B._
The story as told by him is that he reached Puerto Cortez on May 6th, and
knowing the port to be in the hands of the insurgents, he decided not to
anchor, but to cruise about until the customs officers should board him,
and tell him whether it would be safe to land.
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