The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-18

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The nhofiy VI she common man IL
ihe Nat IN which nations should b.
judged Not BY che strength Of me
amy not by The number 81 battle
ships. not by Che pomp displayed, not
by anything excepting the chance the
milton will give 10 The common mnn
and the strength gained by the com.
mon men 20 rise and take theif opli0r
innities. Booker Washington recently
said that the opportunities Tor the
common man ia portions Of Europe are
not as great ~ they were for the ne.
groos IN Alabama The taxation in
some European countries IL 20 great
that the common man can not make
the most Of whatever power there may
be in him.
"Along with all these take It that
the Unseen Empire IS on the side Of
peace. IL could not be thought for a
moment that Great Britain or Ger.
many wonld come together in a war.
IL they did the enormous wealth built
up by both Jointly would be destroyed,
and further than that the interests of
the common people are so interlocking
in so many ways that they would not
fight. There are something like $50
world congresses of one sort or another
meeting together with no thought of
war. These things range all the way
| trial activity. One of the best peace
societies was that at GRESHAM. This
was meeting of cotton spinners. They
realized that any great disturbance
would be the death for a>time of the
prosperity of this industry
''The Unseen Empire practically
controls all nations excepting the lit
tie ones who have no war debts. such
as Norway, and the barbarous ones
that have no credit understand that
Liberia borrowed some money, but to
do this they had to pay eighty per
cent because their credit was not good
Turkey had to pay thirty per cent
Canada has borrowed $340,000,000
and she has. spent it all on develop
ment The United States has debt
Even Australia and New Zealand are
in it for all they can borrow, because
they wish to develop the lands with 9
view to the future. Just to give {
rough illustration of what ] NEAR
when / say that two nations heavily
involved would not fight, l would men
tion that if you had bulldog valued
at $50, you might allow him to wall
around and fight and snarl at Other
dogs, but If you had two bulldogs val
ned at $40 each, you would not allow
them to fight each other. That is prac
tically the situation as regards the
Unseen Empire.
"There is IN every nation very
powerful cont nation that exists fol
the furnishing of implements of war
Krupp figures largely in ironworks il
Germany. That firm has ambassador
in every court of Europe. They ar,
there for the purpose of bringing III
war seares. In the same way in Eng
land war senres are started wheneve
it is necessary to build more ships
Sometimes they are successful il
they are about to be destroyed. w
HdNG Tie Hdu6 IHllG tut OHlltt
States. People say that the Japanes
are going to try to take Hawaii. w
/, hear that Magdalena is about to b
seized by Japan for the purpose o
taking Santiago. An Englishman toll
me that there were Japanese in ever
town of the United States ready t
seize tunnels, etc, when the signal wa
/ given. reminded my English frien
that there were Englishmen in ever
town in the United States, perhau
J trained field marshals, who were read
, to do the same thing, because Englan
} has an alliance with Japan.
In our country there is absolutel
: no possibility of war with JapaI
, Neither side has grievance of an
consequence We have found thu
whenever we have had a grievanc
l both sides have shown every desire
9 remove it Immediately. We kno'
g that the majority of the people on til
Coast, irrespective of any feeling
j. towards the Japanese, believe that
' viii be wiser to fill up the Coast wit
: people from Europe. Although thel
! are differences of opinion between til
Japanese and the unionists. they wi
: vet come to know each other bette
h as well as you know each other her
\ tt is better therefore to follow til
e suggestion of the Japanese baron WI
I. said that the Japanese do not want I
4 90 anywhere where they are nj
n wanted. Japanese scholars and Japai
g csc gentlemen of other classes come
t category that is different. beeaui
e they do not compete with the trad,
< unions 1t is now twelve years SIM
: any Japanese laborers have come d
y rectly to the United States. They al
T not coming to Hawaii any more. The
s matters are not matters of different
I between the nations.
y Tin this country the military spir
y does not exist in the same way that
s does in Germany We respect our ms
y because they have set themselves
n guardians against trouble They a
y as eager for peace as we are. becau
e army and navy officers, more than orc
y nary citizens, know the horrors of W
It and how thoroughly destructive war
e You know. for instance. what Mr.. BIZ
n bank is doing in the way Of preser
It inP flowers and fruits. or making mo