The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-23
SPEAK ENGLISH
OR RUN NO
SALOON
License Commissioners
Talk Over New
Policy
TOO MUCH NOSAVEY
Ruling May Put Many
OrientaIS Out Of
Business
TOO MUCH NOSAVEY


(From Saturdays Advertiser.)
If the determination arrived at yes
terday by the board of license com.
missioners be put into force next June,
when all liquor licenses will have to be
renewed, only those who can speak and
read English will be eligible to become
licensees.
Too great a difficulty in getting at
the facts of an alleged breach of its
regulations yesterday afternoon con-
vinced the board of liquor commits
sioners that people who do not talk
English should not hold saloon licenses.
As a result policy has already been
formed, which will probably be put into
force on June l, and which will put
many aliens out of the liquor business
and keep others out.
No race lines are intended by the
commission according to an interpreta-
tion of the policy given by one com
missioner.
A Valuable Privilege.
az believe that we are handling a
valuable privilege - said Commissioner
Brown. "Too valuable to be given to
those who cannot read the instructions
of the board. l do not believe we
should have to do our business through
interpreters.
So the chances now stand in favor of
all japanese and Chinese or Others now
holding licenses who can not read the
book of instructions they receive, get
ting the AK.
Sasaki s license ends on June ! and
will not be renewed. BY taking that
action the commissioners commit them
selves to their new policy and to show
that this was not intended as punish
ment for the particular offense that
brought the saloon before the board, it
was shut down for one week besides.
This sentence commences today. Notice
will also be served on Sasaki that his
license will not be renewed, in order
that he may sell out to someone eligible
to hold license.
Prost Offender
The case that impressed the commits
sion with the necessity of this policy
was that of Sasaki, proprietor of the
Prost Saloon. Sasaki was cited to ap-
pear for serving man on his premises
who was not only drunk, but was also
on the tabu list. 1t turned out that not
only had the proprietor been in Japan
almost ever since the license was
granted, but that he had returned only
when made aware by cable of the eta
tion and was even then in the hospital.
His attorney appeared for him.
What is Jag2
The barkeepers and assistant man
ager were all present and gave their
side of the case which was to the eff
feet that the man wasn't drunk and
that they had served directly to his
friend and not to him anyway Fennell
who had watched the man, was not
only convinced that he was drunk, but
produced court records showing that he
had been arrested Immediately after
wards and had pleaded guilty to the
charge.
81 move that Fennell be instructed
to go out and get drunk himself so that
he'll know in future what jag is,
snapped Chairman Cooke after foul
different people had stated through in
terpreters that there was no jag il
evidence whatever.
All the Japanese were put through {
vigorous examination as to their knowl
edge of the law and it was found tina
they hadn any. So rank was thei
ignorance that their own attorney wa
surprised. The commissioners made n,
secret of their astonishment and 90;
nice bunch to have license" was tn
expressed and unanimous opinion.
''I don Z think there is one spark o
intelligence in the whole crowd" ex
claimed one commissioner when the ex
animation was over.
:" Macfarlane Up.
Maefarlane & Co., by its manager
Mr.. Auerbach, then went on the carpe
for selling liquor to Ulii, the Kewal
blind-pigger who was arrested by In
spector Fennell last week. Fennell ha
brought in evidence the Macfarlan
books showing two months accoun
with Ulii in which many items, thong
posted in that account, were unde
different names. Mr.. Auerbach e,
planned the incident by stating tha
the orders were brought in by th
Portuguese driver and that as he ha
not personally inspected the books h
suspicious had not been aroused. I'll
board accepted his explanation, bl
warned him that there would be troub
ahead if it ever occurred again.
Special Privileges Again.
The Young and Moana hotels boi
addressed the board by mail asking f,
another special priyilepe nermittiy