The Pacific Commercial Advertiser

WILL START NEW PAPER

ON ISLAND OF MAUI

Hawaii Herald:—A new Japanese newspaper on the island of Maui is one of the matters which is disturbing Editor Sheba, of the Hawaii Shinpo, who left for Honolulu by the Mauna Kea last week after a visit here of about ten days. Sheba is the Willie Hearst of the Island in the newspaper line, owning newspapers in this city, in Honolulu and on Kauai at the present time and planning for a paper on Maui, "to complete the circuit," as he expresses it. In his editorial policies, however, Sheba is very far from the Hearst doctrines, being a conservative of the pronounced type. When the recent Japanese strike was on in the plantations he stayed with the employers, and advised the Japanese to keep out of the fight, thereby losing a large number of subscribers. Recently, however, his papers have been coming back into favor with his people, who have come to understand that he can see further into the future than the average person.

The Japanese people, according to Sheba, class the three Japanese papers in Honolulu with the three haole papers in influence and in policies. The Shinpo is said to correspond closely with The Advertiser, the Chronicle with the Bulletin and the Nippon Jiji with the Star.

Mr. Sheba personally represents the highest type of Japanese seen in these Islands. He talks very good English, understands the haole customs as well as Japanese, has a keen wit and is a great favorite among the Americans whom his work brings him in contact with in Honolulu. As a newspaper man, he has adopted American methods and is not only a sharp editorial writer but also a first-class business manager.