The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-22

be enforced, all evidence must be plac
ed before the courts in English either
oral or written. The courts cannot al
low French, German, Portuguese, TIA
lation requires. Not so i'm civil cases
stituted, In criminal acts the courts
may be compelled, for public safety, to
use in experimenting, collecting evil
dence and prosecuting any language
that our astonishingly polyglot popu-
there complainant and defendant must
meet i'm documents and all legal pro-
cedure i'm the official language of the
country, the English language.
No matter how numerous a national
ity becomes I'm the Territory of Hawaii
it comes wholly and solely on the suf-
ferance of the United States of Amer
lea and subject to its laws and those
of the Territory.
The laws of the United states and
the Territory of Hawaii cannot be
properly enforced if any nationality
can come here and plead numbers and
eNpcdiency and undertake to set up its
own foreign non-assimulating stand
ards SO disguised in language the Of
fetal servants of the Territory cannot
understand, thus practically rendering
those profting thereby immune 10 the
laws of the Territory and country
Particularly is this the case in scien-
tifc and confidential professions like
that of medicine where the terms and
foreign language are beyond the COM
prehension Of the officers of the Terri
tory and can only be solved by skilled
interpreters practically impossible to
obtain and only at an expense of mon
ey, time and circumstances that rem
ders the officers of the Territory impo-
tent in the discharge of their duty. It
is incomprehensible that we should be
forced to such an issue.
There is a nationality in our midst
too many of whom, in their eagerness
to advance i'm personal gain and influ-
ence, seem to be forgetting all sense of
equity and national propriety
In place of high standards of ethics
and practice a noticeable number are
acting the part of unprincipled exploit
ers of their own and other races, total
brought forward by themselves as to
language relations between physician
and patient, and some are defying the
law altogether.
Complaints have been lodged BY re-
putable physicians of this race against
this illegal and exploiting practice, and
action has been taken. Complaints still
come from various separated localities.
A number of successful prosecutions
have been carried to a determination
at the expense of the Board, but the
fines are a realization to the treasury
thus eXhausting the resources of the
Board. Private funds have necessarily
been used to quite an extent.
1t would seem if, to any nationality.
the practice of medicine and surgery in
the Territory of Hawaii is an object
worth attaining it is worth the same
effort and national respect shown by
German, French, Portuguese and other
nationalities in mastering the English
language and presenting themselves
for examination and professional fell
lowship in the legal and official langu-
age of the United States of America
and the Territory of Hawaii.
No physician of any nationality, pos
sessing high ethical professional and
personal qualifications has ever been
refused cordial recognition by the med
ical profession or all the courtesies
within the power Of the Board Of
Health.