The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
GEAR andrews DECREE
PROCLAIMS A CAMPAIGN OF
FIRE.
Refuses Landing to Freight, Passen
gers and Mail from Oahu-Imperial-
ism Closes all Ports but Hilo

The following is Sheriff Andrews
pronounciamento declaring the Island
of Hawaii guaranteed from Oahu, and
torbidding even the mail unless all
wrappers sealed or bearing adhesive
stamps are Immediately burned.
To the People of the Island of Hawaii
When we learned that the black or
bubonic plague had reached Honolulu I
asked the people of the various dis
tricts of the island to select Health
Committees and 1 forwarded the
names selected to the Board of Health
in Honolulu with the request that au-
! thority be given to these committees
to make quarantine regulations to pro-
| tect the Island of Hawaii from the
plague. After consideration of the
matter the Board of Health decided to
place upon me personally the respon-
sibility of keeping out the plague or
] keeping it from becoming implanted
on the Island of Hawaii While this
! is not an enViable position to be placed
in, / do not intend to shirk from any
of the responsibility of it, but to use
drastic measures, aiming first to keep
/ the Island of Hawaii altogether free
from plague by stringent quarantine,
and second, to stamp out the plague
as soon and effectively as possible if it
should reach this island.
L feel that it is due to the residents
OF this island that l declare in no I'M
certain way the policy or plan of cam
paign which intend to follow in fight
ing the plague. l therefore announce
that it is my intention.
First. To make and enforce quaran-
tine regulations that will keep all per-
sons from Oahu from landing on this
island, except such as have submitted
4 to every precaution known to medical
science, prevent the landing of all
freight from Oahu except that of which
is of a character as w.l permit of 9h.
solute lisinfection, prevent the distri-
button of all mail from Oahu that is
sealed or bears adhesive postage
stamps, or is enclosed in wrappers
fastened with mucilage or other matter
which may convey to this island the
sputum of the residents of oahu.
Second. AS the physicians not only
of Honolulu but of all places through
out the world where plague exists,
freely use fire as the only effective
means of stamping out this most
dreadful disease known to mankind, I
intend to use fire without fear or favor
of rich or poor to stamp out the disease
if we are so unfortunate as to get 1t on
this island, and to spare no dwelling.
shops, store, warehouses, factory.
goods or merchandise that there is rea-
son to believe is infected with the
germs of the disease.
I fully realize that it is impossible
for the authorities to properly enforce
laws or regulations that are in opposi-
ton to the wishes Of the people and
that there is little use of making regu-
lations that viii not be enforced so in
order to insure temporary safety 7
have made and published some tenn
porary quarantine regulations for ten
days only awaiting developments.
l am sending to all the districts OF
the Island of Hawaii, copies of this
letter and wish to secure in separate
columns the signature of each person
who wishes to have the plague kept
: from the Island by strict quarantine
regulations, and is willing to support
the authorities in enforcing the same
in the one column and i'm the other
column the signature of each person
who is in favor of relaxation of the
quarantine regulations and who will
pledge himself to contribute his time
strength and wealth to STAMP out the
disease in case it appears on this Isl
and.
Those who are so narrow-mindod, OF
| selfish. or Indifferent, that they do not
care to take any part in the fight
, against the plague, or put mp with any
, inconvenience or loss, need not sign IN
either column. And those who are will.
ing to take part in the fight but wish
to suggest some other way of doing it
will please do so in writing over theil
2 own signatures.
Respectfully yours,
/. A. ANDR EWS.
Special AGENT appointed by the Boar6
of Health for the purpose Of estab-
lishino quarantine on the Island OF
Hawaii