The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-26
TO CRYSTALLINE
SEN TIMENT
OF PUBLIC
Bishop RestariCk Issues Call
for Mass Meeting Next
Sunday Evening.
TO STOP ASSAULTS ON GIRLS
Believes That Stringent Action
Is Necessary to Purge City
of Such Crimes.

Declaring that Honolulu must either
insist upon more vigorous enforce
ment of the laws against criminal as.
saults upon women and girls or have
the city disgraced by lynching party,
Bishop Restarick, as president of the
Inter.C Church Federation, as announced
in The Advertiser would be the case,
has issued a call for public mass meet
ing to discuss the matter and crystal
| he the public sentiment now so thor
oughy aroused. An open letter has
been sent cut to a number of the lead
ing residents, asking them to be upon
the platform at the meeting. 1t is eX'
pected that the response will be general.
Thrilled with Horror.
"This community has for some time
been shocked by hearing of outrages
upon young children and even infants,
SAYS Bishop ReGtarick. "The council
of the Church Federation has consider
ed the matter at two meetings. Its
members are thrilled with horror at the
facts which they told each other The
time is come when this community must
be aroused to sense of the enormity
of the crimes committed against girls
of tender age and even baby girls. We
men and women must meet and handle
the subject without prudery and call
spade spade. We cannot do any.
thing feeling this is not a subject for
open discussion. If we delay we are
going to have Judge Lynch appear
| here.
cone of the best men, and wealthy
one in this city, born in the Islands, re-
Gently said to the writer, / will be
one of a lynching party to visit that
man and tar and feather him. An
other said, Il live where these things
are going on; if they come to my FAM
/ lily | shall revert to primal type and
kill There is feeling growing here
that since law and justice come from
the people, if those administering the
same fail to carry out the people S will,
that they have the right to go back to
a community gathering and take action.
Whether this position is defensible or
indefensible, it exists, and the writer
heard a prominent man say that vigil
lance committee was quietly being dis
cussed.
cup to the present time these ont
RACES have been confined to a part of
| the city or to Hawaiians, Chinese OF
1"PahvSt SiiiS; anu IIe IN
here'oIoIe taiN'u anu mas uo"o +,Ii.
children, say in the Punahou district
and there would be action which would
shake the city to its depths and lead
to results fearful to contemplate, and
disgrace the Islands. But this attitude
is neither wise nor right-not wise be
cause no one knows at what point out
RACES will cease, and to the question
'Am | my brother S keeper, comes the
answer: 'Yes. YOU are, and if YOU neg
lect vour brother the scourgc of plague
or of outrage will surely touch YOU
sooner or later
''The council of the Church Fedora
ton has bv resolution authorized the
undersigned to call a mass meeting al
the Biiou Theater for Sunday, Deccm
her at seven. fortv-fiye n. m. II i.
most Desirable that qoodlv number
of men and women representing organ
izations and social work be present,
therefore earnestly remest Won IN h,
present and IN sit On the nIatform Va,
cam enter tbe mauka side door an,
easily find the MASSAGE.
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rs IN vonr ottonAcnce
.. Eo;tbfrny yorrs
HHFNRy n RESTApurK
uPresiden, nj Tptcr. Church Federotio,
of UonoIuln ,,
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