The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-02-20

thing about the improbability of "one of
the shfewdest men in the community act
ing as IL demented.' but of direct answer
to Mr.. Ashford or cxculpation of the Pre-
mier. not word. but pitiful complaint from
that illused individual that as usual it Is
only personal prejudice that can find him
in fault. Unfortunately too. on the same
morning appears a letter from DR.. Trous
sean justifying and more fully explaining
Mr.. Ashford's letter "A few weeks ago.
savs DIR. Trousseau. MIR. Gibson men
toned to me his desire to have the school
children all examined. l asked
him to let me know how It was to be done,
so that could judge what would be my
own responsibility in the matter A few
DAYS later DR.. Parker re-opened negotia
tons with DR.. Trousseau, when the latter
again declined to act in so serious a mat
ter without definite instructions and guar
antee of action. to which DIR. Parker re
piled that he had no further instructions
from the President OF the Board but to
examine the children and afterwards re
port. DR.. Truusseau refused to act on
these terms. and adds ''since then have
heard nothing more about 1t.
Next comes DR. Parker himself, on the
stage in defence Of his chief. In letter
to the BtHdH of the 10th inst. he writes
that Mr.. Gibson refused compliance with
the condition OF the removal Of all tainted
scholars Is wholly untrue" and appeals to
DR.. Trousseaus letter. which he says gives
no ground for such n supposition. Dr..
Parker may have taken 4 lesson in equiv
ocation from his master. it may be that nei-
ther uttered or wrote the ,6ord refuse. but
the fact remains incontcstible, that n few
weeks ago the President of the Board OF
Health communicated with Dr. TrJusseau
on the subject of examining certain school
children. that the doctor demanded definite
instructions and some guarantee of action
as a consequence of his report, that those
instructions and guarantees have been
practically refused. and that since then
DIR. Trousseau has "heard nothing more
about it"
Here then, the case at present stands,
for the rest of DIR. Parker's letter rs wholly
without" reference to the matter. few
weeks ago. the elections were tillimpend
ing. and the sanitary or Ji sanitary action
of the Board was and Is steadily believed
to be influenced largely by the political
action Of the electors. The fact seems to
be that the tampering with leprosy for pO
litical purposes Is passing away from the
internal administration of this little king
dom and must needs be taken in hand by
the Representatives of the great powers
whose citizens or subjects have made their
homes here, without any grounds for sup
posing that the existing state of affairs
could ever come to pass.
In the immediate future We may see a
correspondence on this subject carried on
between foreign Representatives on one
hand and the Board Of Health and of Edu
cation. and with the Foreign Office on the
other. The f. o. Will have to write to the
B. of T., who must refer to the B. of II.
and the questions and answers of these
three departments in their cOnmunica-
tions must be supplied TO the foreign Rep
resentatives, how odd it will appear when
il Is shown in official documents. that in
calling attention to terrible grievance,
referring more or less TO three great de
partments of the administration, the for
eign Representative find that in each
department they have only one and the
same man to reply to them