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Show HAWAASANS BEG FOR FOOD. Orf;t JOey:ltuttor, 14 Reported Amoog the iltiv of the U!:nd. Advices from Honolulu state thai I there U much .vjilVring among the natives. A correspondent of the Associated Asso-ciated i'ress says: "Two hundred and twenty-one native llawaaians, men. women and children, crouched on the floor in the hall of the executive building- 'Thursday 'Thurs-day importuning the government for food. Officers of the Hawaiian Relief societ' were present and addressed Minister Young and Minister Daymon on behalf of the petitioners. "Following the conference. Minister Young- replied that the bands of the government were tied for the reason that the appropriation was exhausted and it was not possible to have legislation legisla-tion on the subject at present. Not a cent for relief could be given. The government had exhausted its appropriation appro-priation in caring for the large number num-ber of people in the camps after their periods of quarantine were over and could not carry on the work any longer. "Minister Young advised the Ha-waaian Ha-waaian Belief society to spend its balance bal-ance of S7,000 for the emergency." |
