The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-08-15
EFFECT
Of MURDERNEWS
Nippu Jill Calls on Military Au;
thorities to Be Stricter With
Enlisted Men and Points Out
Danger of misunderstanding
Abroad Regarding Local Har-
mony Among Races.
(From "Wednesday Advcrtiser)

NElhHl AuNtTllStT)
Editor Sega, of the Nippu Jill,
takes advantage of the bloody incident
in 1wilei on Tuesday night to appeal
to the military authorities for strlctcr
regulations regarding the enlisted, men
ON Oahu. While the japanese editor
states that it is well known locally that
reports of the murder of Japanese
hackdriver by men in khaki are not to
be regarded as evidence of any general
/ i'll feeling letween the soldiers and the
resident Japanese, yet he fears that the
effect of the news abroad may be to
create the impression that some such
i'll feeling exists and that, under ex.
istirg circumstances, such an impress
sion might result in serious conse,
quenccs.
a translation of the Jill editorial,
which appeared in that paper yesterday,
under the title of Outrageous Sol
dicrs,' is:
Outrageous Soldiers.
"We are aware of the fact that the
| 1000 soldiers, who are stationed at
various points ON this island, are help
ing us, directly or indirectly, to make
Honolulu lively and prosperous. For
the reason mentioned above we always
readily welcome their coming to the
island.
But the interest in the number of
enlisted men here does not always
benefit us, we are inclined to believe.
) Today il is we'll established fact that
some of them, are cruel and violent in
their habits, committing many an out
rage and the community is profoundly
annoyed by their mad acts.
''In our issue of July IL, we made
some comments to the effect that some
soldiers have committed highway rob.
berry or make attacks without warning
on innocent pedestrians, and we called
this to the attention of those who arc
concerned with the military affairs in
Hawaii. 1t is only month since we
made such comment that a brutal
crime was committed by men in khaki
uniforms. They killed an innocent
Japanese ms butcher would slaughter
/ a pig. Sal
"'rhe blame in this case may he
ascfibed TO booze, as is done in ogery
ease ot similar nature, but we cannot
believe for a moment that booze alone
10 responsible. More strictness on the
part OF the military authority in deal.
ing with enlisted men, as well as more
effectiveness, on the part of the police
authorities in protecting the commun'
ity, are what we want and what we
ask them to do ID
"'rhe most important thing of all 10
the military which should be theiI
honor and their pride, Is that publis
.p0rality be maintained in the pre-
an of excellent order. When Mr.
li0r. principal of the Kamehamcha
Schools, criticized the pUor public con
duct among American soldiers here
some months ago and when the sol
diers threatened to institute libel pro
coedings against Mr.. Horne, we wers
delighted to discover that most of the
soldiers are sincere in their determine
tion to defend thei- honor. The fact
now makes it plan, However, that Their,
are some who consider honor wOr.l
less thing and to prove this beyond
doubt they committed even murder
How brutal! How cowardlyl Sucn /,
the act of fend. not soldier.
'Wo are very, very sorry to see thai
those brutal soldiers always choose tn
Japanese as their handy victims W,
understand it well that such an Incl
dent does not result from any misun
Outstanding or II feeling between
American soldiersrlnnd Japanese resi-
DENTS hut to those who are wholly un
T. acquainted with the real state of af
n fairs in Hawaii, the incident surely
Y will create an injurious impression
$ Therefore we appeal sincerely to tn,
i military authorities here that they d.
c their best to put an end to the out
i. RACES of the soldiers, for two reasons
J one, to maintain peaceful relation be
!. tween America and Japan, and tn
$ other, to guarantee the safety of tn
D Hawaiian Japanese.D