Show Hawaii National Guard Have been Called Out GUARDING AGAINST PLAGUE Cordon Drawn Around Asiatic District Dis-trict There have been Seventeen Cases ot Bubonic Pest in Honolulu and Number of Other Deaths which c wero Probably from Plague Board of Health Has Not So Officially Declared Them Passenger Traffic Between Islands at a Standstill Honolulu Jan 1 via San Francisco Jan 8The curious spectacle Is presented pre-sented here of a revival of the shotgun quarantine around the plagueinfected district while military measures and disinfection have been practically abandoned The Kourd of Health called out tho National Guard three days after Christmas because of the discovery dis-covery of five new cases of plague two of which proved fatal It is now paying 1000 a day for this protection and the result of this strict guard is that business is demoralized and many poor Chinese and Japanese who worked in the American quarler aro starving run cordon drawn around the Asiatic district Includes many of the leading Chinese and Jnpjiziese dealers who live in sanitary fashion and ho are making ma-king a strong protest against needless hardships lo which they are subjected The original method of fumigating all Oriental merchandise imported I has been abandoned and much of this un fumigated freight Is handled by Ila wail axis S There have been thirteen known cases of bubonic plague In Honolulu to date There have boon a number of other deaths which were probably I deaths from plague but the Board of Health has not olllclally so declared them Three cases were discovered on the night of the 28lh ultimo and four cases have been reported during the past forlyeiprht hours The Board of Health has decided to tnko radical steps to stamp out the scourge A portion of the Infected district was condemned and burned to the ground yesterday THreo buildings and a large warehouse were destroyed by fire The future policy of the health aulhorUles will be lo destroy all infected i In-fected buildings The Board of Health here Is severely crlliclsed by vhc two leading papers Jiere the Star and i Advertiser In shorl theoounialu claim that the members mem-bers of Iho health board appear to be I incoinpelenf and therefore arc incapable inca-pable of handling the present trouble There io still a fueling of doubt as to the nature of the disease I The majority of Inlelllgont people do not consider It plague But the fact remains that the victims are stricken and die suddenly If the trouble Is not plague It is somclhini alclulo II Passenger truffle between the Islands IB pracUuilly ail a slandsllllr TheInter > Islands alenmslIp companies refuse tq lake passengers on account bl the onerpus tltiLiah1 hue oondllions I Imposed Funilgalcd freight is accepted but is loaded and discharged from lighters away from the whaiviR The Ameritan Mnru which arrived here from Sun FranHsuo on December Tlh discharged her passengers and I freight by means of lighters I Tho Iranspot Grant with tho Fori3i Ighllx Infantry arrived a few hours after the Amepiuan Maru Her commandcr refused to come into the harbor or have anything but the barest j comiounlcailon with the olllclals and started for Manila after a stop of not more than an hour |