Show HATCH SETS SAIL RUSHING HOME TO 1KXD RJS ASSiST AS-SiST CTh Says thc Japntiesc Question in Honolulu Hon-olulu is Becoming n Very Serious One But Believe tlie Government is Able to Cope With the Little Men San Francisco Jan ZIE M Hatch minister of foreign affairs of the Hawaiian republic sailed for Honolulu today Mr Hatch is rushing home to I end his assistance to Ms government He doe plores the condition of affairs at Hon lulu and decltufee that Haiwaii has many important questiDns to deal with in Iot nmii 1t I Incidentally fC Tvas learned from I friends of the minister that the Japanese question is becoming a serious one and that the provisional government i govern-ment has not only had the Royalists j to deal with but it has also had to use I its force to suppress an uprising of Japanese laborers on the plantation of Eva Ewa is a 20000 acra grant situated situ-ated fifteen miles back of Honoluu Several days before the revolt headed by Wilcox broke out 200 Japanese on the plantation named attacked their overseer and nearly lulled him Several white men were pretty badly beaten by the rioters and the police had to be called on for protection I The Japanese I fear will overrun I the country saidthe minister Every vessel from Japan brIng in a large number of laborers and the Japanese are commencing to think that they are all powerful They are quarrelsome and vicious I Regarding the rebellion I think it will be shortlived The provisional government amply strong enough to cope with the mafcontents and I expect ex-pect to find the whites in complete control con-trol on my arrival at Honolulu Wilcox has Tjfren stirring < up strife for a long time It is true that a great many of the Royalists are Englfeh sub I jects This may lead to complications I but I am convinced that Englishmen are sensible enough to know that there is no other course to pursue but to punish conspirators whether the offenders of-fenders be English German or American Ameri-can |