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Show get her with Y. Soga, Y. Tasaka' and ' K. Kawamura, of the editorial staffs ! of the Nippu and the JiJI, upon indictments indict-ments returned by the grand jury, charging them with conspiring by Indirect, In-direct, sinister and unlawful methods and means of intimidation, inciting to riot and threatened violence to prevent , and hinder the Honolulu, Oahu, Rwa, j Wail hi and Kahuku plantations from i carrying on their business. Hearing of the application for bail was set for 2 o'clock this afternoon. Strikers attacked an seriously stabbed a Japanese restaurant keeper at Kahana for having refused to furnish fur-nish thc-m any longer with food The I place Is distant and Inaccessible but the sheriff has started for the scene to .make an investigation. At all other .points on this island quiet reigns and no news of any disturbances have I been received up to noon today. Most of the Japanese have returned to work j on the Ewa and Walalua plantations I and there are full forces of strike breakers on tho Honolulu and Oahua plantations. It is reported from Hllo that the Japanese there have selected a delegation dele-gation to come to this city and join in the formal demand upon the Planters' association for an increase in wages to one dollar a day. JAPANESE EDITOR MAKES FORMAL COMPLAINT AUTHORITIES HAVE INVADED HIS RIGHTS. His Office Was. Raided and Alleged Incendiary In-cendiary Documents Were Seized. Honolulu, June H. M. Negoro. one of the editors of the Jlji, who made formal complaint to the Japanese foreign for-eign office today that the territorial authorities had invaded his rights as a Japanese subject under the treaty between Japan and the United States, when High SheilfT William Henry raided the office of the Jlji and seized allege,! incendiary documents, Is preparing pre-paring to bring court proceedings against the territory for $5i'0.0i.0 damages, dam-ages, Noporo, together with Y, Soga, Y. Tasaka and K. Kawamura, the last three named being members of the editorial staff of the Nippu, another Japanese paper which baa taken a prominent part in the strike agitation, were admitted to ball at $1,25(1 in each case this afternoon. Pending the furnishing of bonds or cash ball, all four are In jail. With possible international complications compli-cations looming up on the horizon as a result of Negoro's complaint to tho Japanese government and the arrest today of the four editors ou charges of conspiracy, the strike situation has taken a new turn. While no disturbance disturb-ance or disorder of any kind has occurred oc-curred so far, the city 'is full of striking strik-ing Japanese and the tension Is so great that orders were issued this afternoon af-ternoon for the full police force to sleep at the station tonight ready for any emergency. The only incident of tho day that threatened a disturbance was the chasing of a carrier on an "extra" of the Japanese newspaper "Shinpo," anrounclng the arrest of tho editors j of the Jiji and the Nippu. The Shinpo Shin-po from the start has strongly opposed op-posed the strike and among the papers pa-pers seized in tho raid upon the office of the strike organs, were letters containing con-taining threats against the life of it3 editor. Although the strikers have returned return-ed to work on the Rwa and Walalua plantations, it is not certain that they have abandoned the strike. From the papers seized by Territorial Sheriff Henry, it was teen it was the original plan of the Japanese to return to work at intervals to earn sufficient money to maintain the strike and by this method of working and again striking, to wear out the planteis by the uncertainfy and irregularity of plantation operations. The situation growing out of the indictment by the grand jury of seventeen leaders in the strike of the Japanese plantation laborers la-borers was given an international turn today when M. Xegoro, of the editorial staff" of the Jiji, a local Japaneso publication, pub-lication, who was taken into custody when the oitices of that paper were raided by the authorities last Friday, made formal complaint to the Japanese Japa-nese foreign office at Tokio of the violation vi-olation of his treaty rights. The alleged al-leged violation of his rights as a Japanese Jap-anese subject, guaranteed under tho treaty between the United States and Japan, he set3 forth in his complaint, consists In the search of his office and tho seizure of his private papers and documents by the territorial au- i thorlties without due process of law. Territorial Sheriff William Henry admits ad-mits that the searc'a and seizure was made by force of arms and without search warrants or process of law. but claims that the papers seized contained con-tained evidence of criminal purpose, and declares that the courts of the territory are open to Negoro for redress re-dress If he has been damaged. j Negoro was ro-arrested today, to- I |