Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12

and Of his statements, an even if he
was inclined to come out with an
apology, it is doubtful whether the
soldiers. in theid present frame of
mind, would consider dropping their
grievance. They say that the school
principal should be made to either
sLbstantiate his statements of suffer
the consequences.
Officers incline to the opinion that
even il nothing more than publicity
, comes of the present agitation, it will
have a deterrent effect on other per-
sons who might consider the soldiery
convenient peg on which to hang
accusations and allegations of law vio-
lation. Moreover, as one prominent
social worker yesterday expressed it,
the promptness with which the SOL
diers voiced their resentment is TAX
en- as proof of their personal desire
to stand for good citizenship and good
morals.
President Horne, while not retract-
ing any of his statements, said today
that he was misunderstood and that
he does not by any means make
charges against the entire service. -
81 have no intention whatever of
retracting any statements or with
drawing anything which / may have
said during my address at the mass
meeting held in the Bijou theater re-
Gently" said Perley Horne, president
of the Kamehameha Schools, this
morning in answer to the demand of
number of enlisted men of the local
hot hn onnlnoi1n hic q l.
legged statements at the Bijou mass
meeting
Mr. Horne went on to state that he.
thinks the cause of the entire affair
is due to the fact that he has been
misQuoted by the soldiers. During
my address," he said, 81 made no
charge against the army as a whole,
but did say that there are some en-
listed men in the army who are a
menace to the city, and / say now
that some of the soldiers, as well as
some of the adventures from the
mainland, consider the girls their le-
climate prey; do not mean only the
Hawaiian and : part-Hawaiian girls,
but girls of any other nationality.
If ] remember correctly, my state
ment in regard to the matter was
Far be it from me to make any state
ment against any organization as
whole, but l will say that there are
those among the soldiers and the ad-
venturers from the Coast who look
upon the Hawaiian and The part-Ha- |
waiian girls as their legitimate prey!'
81 consider the words soldiers |
and adventures a proper classifi- |
cation and / made no distinction be- |
tween them. | do not place the |
blame on one class more than ] do |
the other and can see no reason for !
the statement, as l would |
not have made it had | not been con-
vinced that it was true. Another
place where. have been misquoted |
Is where / have been alleged to
charge the soldiers with rape. / did
not make any such statement, and
when l referred to the soldiers l was
speaking of seduction. There are, as
everyone knows, many fine men
among the soldiers and the adventur-
rs from the mainland and other
places, but still uphold my state
nent that in these two organizations
here are those who are a menace,
ind that they should be weeded out"
When asked what action he would
AXE in case the soldiers took the
natter to the courts, President Horne
laid that at present he would give out
10 information as to what steps he
would take.