The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-03
May Divide the
Southern Missions

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HaIH. ahffa afe iaratri ths t4hlnlnr
h1uit fHf the various islands
1lio present prospect a. hat There
Niu boz sfff sgOn 81 Withdrawal uf nl
ihp f1fres ~ The American board from
ihe stations IN Micronesia This viii
ho doc to che fact that tho difficulties
No travel make u wiser % have tne
stations under control ~ The boards
uf the nations which hold tho foyef.
.lgnty of the islands This IL found
90 be- the rrratest trouble. but the
dangers % travel ana The difficulty ~
keeping la touch with the island sta
lions by sailing ship enter the cqua-
tiuu The old Morning star with aux
Hilary steam power. was able 90 beat
about among the various small islands,
but the Carrie aud Annie. which sue
DrcAcd the steamer having only sails.
has found ID very hard work 20 get
about. owing 10 the fact that the GIL
bert Islands DE- In the doldrums and
there o. often three weeks spent In
beating from one island to another al
most in sight In addition the last
ship was too small for the carriage
OF some OF the passenger lists. as for
instance when the scholars oi the
training school wanted 10 get back 10
their homes or We're being sent TO new
stations TO teach.
The plans which are now being dis
GUESSED are the taking over by the
Protestant Mission Boards of England
ana Germany of the missions respect
lively in the Gilbert and the Marshall
Islands. With the latter would go the
few stations in the Eastern Carolines,
which islands also belong To Germany.
The most serious local condition lies
in the fact that the government of
Germany Insists that there shall be no
language taught in the schools, If the
teachers expect official recognition and
aid, which takes precedence over Ger
man. The English may be taught but
there must be Just as many hours Civ
en- to the German. This course of the
government Is the natural one and
brings up the point which was met by
the American board when it had to
surrender it's missions in the Mar
quesas, after fifty years of service. The
French insisted upon the teaching of
the Language of the official power, and
therefore the missions We're transfer
red to the Protestant Mission Board OF
hil'f II II llllfI'nlluB u llplt llldt
one of the Protestant workers in the
Marquesas at Pepeiti, is a Hawaiian,
Kamualoha, who has spent fifty years
In the service there.
Should the German and English
boards take over the missions the ques-
ton OF travel will be reduced to a mat
ter of the governmental mail and SER
vice steamers. These ply constantly
"a httt Ia tel nd hn ,,,fr
sionaries would have no trouble in get
ting to their work and from their sta
tons at certain set times. There would
be liberated for other fields quite a
number of workers in the event of the
change being effected, and II is under
stood that the board would send its
missionaries right into the Philippines
once they were released from service
in the Marshall Gilbert and Caroline
Islands The point which would be at
tackled would be the Island of Minda-
mao, leaving the Island OF Luzon for
the other boards, which are now in
there with their workers. The Mo-
hammedans of the south will offer the
field for the work of the American
board
The most important change, perhaps.
will be the closing, or at least the min
imizing IF the Importance, of the school
at Kusaie. There are now both girls
and mems schools there for the train
ing of teachers. The students are of
Gilbert. Marshall and Caroline Islands
and each speaks "A different island dla-
lect or language. There are several
teachers there now, but it is hardly
'.kelv the schools will be maintained as
al present If separate boards take over
the control.