The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-11-25
S0GA REFUSES
TO MAKE AN
HI APOLOGY
Letters Between Editor and Gen.
er&l Ere Less Warlilke in Tone,
But Show Writers Are Very
Lfstl, !i1earsr Than in Begin.
nmgE soga Regards tie Matter
a5 a Closed Incident.

/ .
A further exchange Of letters yoster-
day between General Funston and Ed.
tor Soga, Of the Nippu Jill, brought the
matter Of the official protest against
tho editorial attitude of the japanese
! paper no nearer satisfactory conelu-
sion than in the beginning, although
| Mr.. Sogn states that he now looks upon
| the affair as y closed incident In n
personal message to Tho Advertiser, the
Japanese editor also calls attention to
! the fact that at no time did the Jill
| describe the assmlants of the Japa.
nose woman in the assault ease as nc.
! gro soldiers. The Jiii specified them
as " American soldiers.p
n response to EDITOR Soga q request
that General Funston 20 more thor
oughly into the matter Mt issue before
| pressing his demand for an apology,
the departmental commander wrote:
" Headquarters, Hawaiian Department,
Honolulu, r. H., November 20,
1918.
"'Mr. Y. s5oga, Editor Nippu Jiji, IIo.
nohtlu, II. r.
'" Dear MFR. SoGa:-I have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of your
very courteous letter of this date.
- From che tone of your editorial. as
wci' as because of the fact that ] may
not be able TO distinguish one of tho
Japanese papers here from another,
naturally took it for granted that you
accepted as true the story of the as
sault on Japanese couple by some
soldiers OF the United States Army.
- think that you must confess that
unless you were sure of the facts, the
editorial In your issue of the 18th was
calculated to stir up hatred between
the Americans and Japanese in this
community.
1t il possibly the case that in trans
lhting from japanese to English, or the
other way, some confusion may have
arisen, as to the equivalent of "erimi.
nal assault .or outrage if woman
is involved. In English these terms
have only onegincaming, the ravishing
Of awonan, a the penalty being death
by hansino in this Territory as in most
Of the States of the Union.
''Although you did not originate the
story, ! wish to call vour attention to
he following Translation of a portion
If yoar comment relative to the ease:
- The report in the morning paper
(thc hawaiian Chronfclc) of the fore
idle entry by thesc American soldiers
into Tho house of certain man with
in the city limits at dawn, and, while
threatening the husband with deadly
weapon did criminallv assault his wife
before his very eyes, is an outrage
which can scarcely be pcnncd We can
only add that the ofIensc is most re.
pu'stVe and unsPcakably brutal.
~ do not accuse you Of having start
cd this story because you say in your
letter to me that you did not do so.
or course, ! accept your disclaimer
without reservation. But the real
Trouble is in the violence Of The com
ncnts in your editorial.
OF | have done an in Justice in at.
tributing TO y0ur paper the starting of
this story, ! have no hcstancy in cx.
pressing my regrets for having done so,
but cannot but wish that your cor,-
ments on the case had not been so
violent.
$50 far rs an apology is concerned.
of course, You do not owe ANYTHING to
me personally, hut | would like to sug-
gost that if YOU are tltisfcd that your
editorial comment was based on wrong
information it would be appropriate for
, you to inform your readers to that
effect and to express your regrets the,
vou have been h,islcd. On the con.
trary. if you arc sure of your ground
mn1or no oLi;ratt ,,I -" ".e 1lsnt Eo" are
""tCr tn, ho o"Ilgatlons TO do So
o. .i.n - ' S''sls 20 p' no way 10 arrive
! 49, "a ,'r Io"' .ae'S III thlS unfortunate
t"m .ta'e, 'nt 'ap""csc COUPE WIZ
t.,',, ~" ',' , sh,.' Story 10 tnelr own couh
oo,nor ."r" ,r,gi,,aa ."ra .uSS nusf TO 'ne Army
t. .hosn e,,,','u ~ "iltNe ~ the iacts
:. fn|I.W w not tc,l tne ruin
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nSna ,t;. '" VI" Jus'lrc'
ans. s.i,,, ,''- nay no u'PrGcate Is
; tho 49, A,'.i,L W. Hi p'u l1c,ihS petWeeh
rosijamts 49, 'l SU.,'T' 4Iu tne yHpahes,
on S,, ioin ,el'' u"u ! nave no u9uDt tna'
eIomcu,s y;l y I'd "S, ha. seue'%Tnl, 'y n%ti stl