On several occasions Stevens had been recalled to Japan for temporary service in connection with public business, and on two occasions, in [[1900]] and [[1901]], he was sent to Hawaii to assist in settling the claims of Japanese subjects for losses occasioned by the destruction of their property on account of the prevalence of bubonic plague in the Hawaiian Islands in [[1899]]. | On several occasions Stevens had been recalled to Japan for temporary service in connection with public business, and on two occasions, in [[1900]] and [[1901]], he was sent to Hawaii to assist in settling the claims of Japanese subjects for losses occasioned by the destruction of their property on account of the prevalence of bubonic plague in the Hawaiian Islands in [[1899]]. |