The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-14
The Russian Agitation Here May
Have Far-Reaching
Results.
LIBELoUs CIRCULARS OUT
AgitatiOns Which Are Expected to
Lead to an investigating
Commission.

Hawaii may have the benefit of an.
other investigating commission as a |
result of matter sent from here in con.
nection with the difficulties with Rus.
SLAMS. The fact that the matter has
been taken up by Samuel Gompers, for
many years president of the American
Federation Of Labor, and by the SO.
cialist organization in New York, has
been cabled here by the Associated
Press, and it seems to be expected that
there will be some sort of an investi-
cation as result of their activities.
There is a small body of local social.
lists who have been busy in sending to
their comrades" in the East. attacks
on the authorities here IN connection
with the Russian experiment Some
time ago a circular was distributed
locally, headed "Lawless Brutality, y
and referring to the actions of the po
lice in disbursing a crowd of Russians
who riotously gathered at the police
station to demand the release of
Russian under arrest. The circular was
rabid in its terms, speaking of women
and children being "trimpled under
the feet of horses, though the record
shows no one injured. The circular is
said to have been widely distributed
among socialist organizations on the
Mainland. 1t gave the impression that
the police were the aggressors, and
dubbed and whipped the Russians to
make them go to work on plantations.
1t makes no mention of the fact that
the Russians had gathered in a mob in
front Of the police headquarters of Ho-
nolulu, and that the police merely dis
persed them when they refused to obey
the sheriff's orders to leave.
That American socialism is going to
turn its guns on Hawaii is indicated by
, the cable information from Los Ange-
les yesterday and the reports of the
activities of local members of this sect,
party or whatever rank it claims.
While the local socialists are few in
numbers, twenty being large estimate
of those who attend the Friday meet
ings, the reports which they have sent
out broadcast on every opportunity
, have done much to arouse their Main
land brothers and socialistic organs.
The reported action of the Los An.
geles socialists in determining to en-
gage & lawyer to come to Honolulu and
defend the afflicted Russians is a di-
. rect result of these reports as circulat-
, ed by members of the local socialistic
colony.
This body has taken no official steps
in the matter besides sending out the
; circulars entitled "Lawless Brutality. -
in which it attempts to prove that the
police who prevented the Russians
from storming the Jail some time ago
viciously attacked the Russians, includ-
ing women and children.
Joseph T. Whittle, leading member
of the local society, yesterday denied
statements accredited to him by those
who heard his pungent remarks while
witnessing the impromptu riot on Mer-
chant street. He was quoted as say
ing that sit was shame white men
should be so handled by kanakas -
He denies any attempt to raise any
racial hard feeling and ascribes the
statement to someone who was attempt.
ing to get the "kanakas" down on
the socialists. What he did say, he
claims, was, THAT it was a shame Rus.
slams should be dubbed because they
Whittle stated yesterday that the
local socialist body was not directly
appealing for assistance for the Rus
slams, but that it was very probable
that its members were interesting
themselves in their behalf. Reports of
the troubles with the Russians that are
appearing in the local newspapers are
being copied bodily by the socialistic
newspapers of Chicago and the other
"red-shirt eenters in the country
Clippings concerning these troubles are
frequently leaving the Islands in the
soeialistic mall with added comments
Whittle stated yesterday that the
whole country, or the socialtistic por
ton Of it, is turning its eyes towards
Hawaii.
IL The propaganda of discomfort that is
:. bringing Hawaii into the socialistic op
- tic, is being spread, not only by the
d local people but by the sailors who are
y continually passing through here, they
W carrying clippings which they turn over
to the San Francisco aggregation will
verbal additions not exactly compi
n mentary to Hawaii.
is "There are a great many people
ar heTe,u said Whittle, "who are social
lists but who never come to our meet
ings. They hold soeialistic ideas bu
they wont come out in public"
10 The socialist report of the police sta
N ton trouble, where Il is claimed In tn
words of the circular mentioned tina
y "the holding up Of little ones was NJ
act showing perfect confidence in GU
civilization was republished verbatim
~ by the Chicago socialist papers. Tn
holding up was by men who used th
at children a. shields.
All the description Of the eauEes o
the trouble were carefully left out q
4 that the reader q the circular real
. only OF the swiahing o. The whips O
the mounted police and lhe eraek 81 81