The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-03
THE lwILEl QUESTION.

All unexpectedly the Iwilei question
has again been precipitated upon Ho-
noIufu and awaits an answer.
The Advertiser does not propose 10
dogrnatize upon the relative merits Oh
regulation and police protection d.
against enforcement of the law Ihere
ara good people who believe in both
methods of dealing with the loathsolne
subject.
In fact. it has been tacitly accepted
nv a large proportion of the RESPONSE
BILE people of Honolulu, that regulation
nv the police and examination and Ger
-. tification- by a. doctor was the latest
soand most effective method of remedy
,n,r the unanimously admitted evils Oh
prostitution.
This is an easy and comfortable way
of eyadfng personal responsibility ana
passing the question up to sorneoooS
=. else to deal with.
In pursuance of the regulation the-
DRY, a system of rigid concentration
strict regulation and medical inspec-
Iwilei for fourteen months.
The completeness of the ganizaton.
the supervision and control by the
police was not exceeded in Paris or
Toxic. 1t was a success; but it was
success which staggered many of those
who still, without reasoning the mat
ter out. supposed that regulation was
the proper thing and the community
in general breathed a sigh of RELIEF
when the stockade was suppressed.
The subject had become but a bad
memory when it was again brought to
the front by a renewal of the regula-
ton and inspection plan.
Is this plan in fact right?
Is it the best way to treat the sub
ject?
Is it not about time that the people
of Honolulu devoted some study and
thought to this subject?
These are all live, pertinent ques-
tons. They should and must be an
swered
The Advertiser admits that the arti-
Gle by Dr. Howard Kelly, published
last Monday, gave it a new train of
thought, and the article in today's
paper by DR.. Day strikes a blow from
the shoulder
DR.. Day was a believer in regulation
and examination, prior to his visit to
Europe a couple of years ago. There,
during the course of year and more
of study in Paris, the originator of the
regulation plan in Europe. and Berlin
where it has been adopted, he became
convinced that regulation did not regu-
late; that medical examination was a
farce; that the semi-official recogni-
ton was debauching in its effect alike
upon official integrity and public
morals, and finally he learned that the
officials of the cities named condemn
ed the system.
Learning of this opinion held by DR..
Day, the Advertiser requested him to
give the people of Honolulu the benefit
of his reasons therefor. He has COM
piled, with the request, and they APP
pear to the Advertiser to be convincing
This is not a pleasant subject tc
write or read about; but the Adver-
tfser believes that the necessities of the
subject and situation are such as tc
require unpleasant things to be said
and done.
The question at issue must be settled
and the sooner it is settled the better
for all concerned.
Prudery and false modesty, as DR.
Day well says, should take a back seat
Yellow treatment and sensational
writing should be avoided, but plain
Straightforward, logical discussion by
individual citizens, who are competent
to discuss the subject. will be mos
helpful and illuminating, and such dis
eussion the Advertiser urges with al
earnestness.
in hfs ao111i1e