The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-07
SH|NPO GIVES
P|NKHAM
ADVICE

1--WE never heard from Mr. Pink
hams predecessors, Doctors Cooper
and Wood, upon any such subjects as
International coure lsies, and every
thing went smoothly. We hear too
much now from the incumbent, and
everything goes wrong" remarks the
Hawaii Shinpo in yesterdays issue, in
a caustic article on Pinkham's last
letter-writing break. The opinion of
the leading Japanese newspaper is that
Pinkham would save trouble all round
and save himself from humiliation if
he would submit his various letters to
Governor Frear for censorship before
mailing them. A translation of the
Shinpo's article follows:
What we hear again of the self-as-
Stunning president of the Board of
Health addressing our Consul upon the
rights of aliens surprises us. for only
a month or so ago he ventured to lee
ture the Consul upon international
etiquette when there was no breach of
etiquette on the part of the Consul
nor any necessity of the lecture on
the part of the Board of Health pres
ident. We heard after that that the
humiliation was brought upon the lee
turer and not the lectured.
In the present instance Mr.. Pink
ham wrote to inform our Consul that
as a consequence of the arrangement
made between the Board of Health and
the Consulate some Japanese have ne
elected to report the births of their
children. Consul Saito replied to Mr..
Pinkham that if there prevailed any
further misunderstanding among his
countrymen he would be only too
pleased to instruct them to comply
with the law in the future. There
upon Mr.. Pinkham, instead of thank
ing the Consul for his cooperation, al
lowed his habitual mania to get away
with him, and proceeded to lecture the
Consul upon the rights of aliens, stat
ing afterwards that there is not a
American citizen who
will fail to support every word and act
of the president of the board should
it be deemed advisable the correct
texts be given to the public
I'VE have no doubt that what Mr..
Pinkham wrote was correct in itself,
but we doubt very much if it was ac-
cording to the rules of etiquette on
his part to add another lesson on in
good manners in his let
ter to our Consul. We are perhaps
only half-civilized people in the eyes
Of the president of the Board of
Health, but do we have to learn in
manners from a Pinkham,
The self-constituted authority on in
etiquette?
I'VE never heard from Mr.. Pink
hams predecessors, Doctors Cooper
and Wood. upon any such subjects as
courtesies, and every
much now from the incumbent, and
goes wrong.
1.-The law provides a penalty for the
failure to register the birth of a child.
II this law or any other is not OBJ
served by any resident he should be
Mr.. Pinkham has never
thought of enforcing the law in order
TO straighten out the matters under
mis- control. People remain in ignor-
ance OF the existence of such a law,
our Consul made arrange
nent with the Board of Health and
The reports have been forthcoming,
perhaps ten-fold in number. This Is
brought about through the coopera-
ton of our Consul with Mr. Pinkham's
office. Now, because a few ignorant
Japanese have a little trouble with
Mr.. Pinkham's subordinates about red
tame. our Consul is forced to suffer
the letters and lectures of Mr. Pink
ham on courtesy among nations.
Mr. Pinkham says he will not make
known the contents of those famous
etters without the Governors con-
sent. We feel that Mr.. Pinkham would
nave been much wiser man If he had
submitted those letters to Governor
Frear before he sent them"