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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26
Old Docs Talk
a LINCOLN, "MASTER-PIECE OF BRITISH ELooUENCE"

In a very interesting address de-
livered by Lord Curzon under the
auspices of the Cambridge University
Rede Lecture, recently. on Modern
Parliamentary EIoquence," the speak
er said:
while the types and standards of
education that were represented in
the house were many and various the
zone type which was in the minority
was that which was once supreme,
that which was based on the continu-
Gus study and knowledge of the
Greek and Roman classics.
by far the greatest change that
had been wrought in parliamentary
conditions as they affected speaking
had been the result of verbatim re-
porting in the press.
! 1.-The greatest orator | have heard
in the house was Mr. Gladstone He
seemed to be a master of every art
of eloquence and rhetoric. He. could
be passionate or calm, solemn or vol
atile, lucid or involved, grave or hui
morous, persuasive or denunciatory,
pathetic or scornful, at will:
Sir William Harcourt was not nat
urally eloquent, but he was proficient
in satire, raillery and scorn and al
ways highly refined.
Lord Salibury, at all times, was a
speaking of outstanding Importance
because of his powerful and pene-
trating intellect. his mordant humor,
and his literary skills1 .sge -
with regard Ito sL4rd Randolph
Churchill, the tomahawk was always
in his hand. In later times he led
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26
EDITOR
ARGUMENT THAT FALLS SHORT.

Il defy any to show where at any time the
engineer did not have control Of the entire road
department during my time a supervisor. ask
any to show where that board was not blamed
for the mistake Of its engineer accused of wasting
public moneys in road work, ETC. They blamed the
supervisors, not the engineer, for those mistakes;
still the engineer had full charge of the engineering
and construction departments. "-Harry f. Murray.
There is an obvious answer to Mr.. Murray :
statement, the answer being that the board of
supervisors of which he was a member had
full control of the city engineer and if the en-
gineer made such glaring mistakes of iudg
ment and showed such incompetency, the only
proper course for the board was to have dis
charged him.
Mr.. Murray argues in favor of separating the
water and sewer divisions from the city en-
cheering department and creating of them a
new department. This means a new depart
ment head, a new office, a new salary. He
argues that "the waterwOrks requires today
an executive who will organize that depart
ment, record the sewer and water connections,
readjust rates, stop the enormous waste of
water, clean up reservoirS maintain pumps and
finally make that department more than self
sustaining. This can be done without any as
sistance from an engineer
Irrespective of Mr. Murray's own candidacy
for the office thus proposed to be created, his
argument lacks logic, 1t should not require a
separate head for the water and sewer divis-
ions to run these in business-like manner.
Honolulu is not yet so large that these divis-
ions cannot and should not be run under the
engineering department.
The statement that it is the plan to have
engineers in control of the several depart
ments Of the goSernment" is incorrect. The
engineer should be in charge of the details of
the engineering department and that depart
ment, under present Honolulu conditions,
includes the waterworks and sewers.
But the board Of supervisors in reality is in
charge of the municipal departments. The
board, however, should leave technical matters
in technical hands, while holding the engineer
responsible for results.
Mr. Murray has had excellent experience and
has made an excellent record as road builder.
His familiarity with municipal affairs gained
from a previous term as supervisor should be
of much value to Honolulu. He knows how to
handle labor and he is actively interested in
city improvements As superintendent of
road construction he should be an efficient man
for Honolulu at this time. But his argumentsl
regarding the waterworks and sewers fall farl
short of proving that these public utilities
should be placed in separate department with
himself as the head.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26
OLDE CHRISTMAS

This is an age that is cy meal fncal.
Chock fun Of sms AMI sckisns and such.
Time when efficiency placed a. pinnacle.
When don't fret about sentiment much:
Yet when il to the greatest OF holidays
Cp-todate don't respond the test;
Somehow sigh for the gorgeous old jolly days,
Somehow the olden ii me CHRISTMAS best
Olden time, golden time Christmas best!
Progress is worthy Of pra ses and gratitude,
Life the whole is much finer today
Yet when il comes TO GU ..flstmas time attitude
Better by Ar tn earler way;
Clergy and gentry and servants and laity
Laughed and made erry with livelier ZeSt,
There robuster rim to the gaiety,
Somehow the olden ii me Christmas was best
Olden time, golden tim Christmas was best.
Out of this of mobs md machinery
Out of this time that Is moving so fast,
LOngngly We look on the props and the scenery
Used in the Christmas back the past
Yue logs and tallyhos, punch bowls all savory.
Carolers singing for host and for guest,
Everything decked in its briance and bravery.
Somehow the olden time Christmas was best
Olden time golden time Christmas best!
So we gaze back the grandeur and graciousness
Long before high of living was known,
Wishing in vain for the plendor and spaciousness
Marking the days that vanished and flown;
Here in time that is urred and clamorous
When we are driven nd hustled and prest
Wistful we call on the asst tc engamor u.s.
Surely the olden time Christmas was best
Oden time, golden time Christmas was best.
-Berton Braey in Puck.
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Dance PROCEEDS
TO BE USED FOR
EUROPEAN Relief

This evening at o'clock at the
Knights OF Pythias hall the Young
women's Sewing Club will give
dancing party. The affair win be un-
der good auspices and great deal OF
enjoyment is promised. The entire
object Of the dance Is to raise funds
so that the club may be able 10 make
a contribution for the war fund In
Europe. II you feel like helping this
good cause and. incidentally having q
very jolly time, you can be accommo-
dated by going to the hall. s-
At the same hour IN the Phoenix
hall the same concern will give an
other dance fer the benefit OF the club
fund for the relief Of women and chill
dren.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26
THE WAR PROGRESSES.

Col. Repington, famous British military ex-
pert voices an opinion expressed some time
Ifo III these columns when the news came that
81 army Of more than million men had been
sent 10 France from England Col. Repington
.eclares that it will be well along in the new
rear before these recruits are ripe for service
~ the 'front.'
~The activity of Lord Kitchener has been
0rodi gious and the country has risen to him,
'nt he is 10 magician and the only troops we
have been able to use yet are those of the army
IS Il existed before the war, he says.
1T viii take some mbiths before the new
.rmies can be engaged Not until well into
next year will the country be In a position to
|rind out steadily constant supplies of trained
men, armed and equipped for fhefeld. Z
We need all the men we can get, but view
;1g the numbers, armament and equipment as
whole, we cannot make use of fresh masses
BE recruits before February
The offensive movement Of the Allies, per-
|ecfly apparent during the last two weeks, very
likely has not shown their power at anything
Ike its best. They have been testing out
various parts of the German line and have
made advances along virtually that entire line,
Is keep the Germans from sending too many.
troops away To- the eastern frontier. Week
.ffer week now the Allies may be expected to
t<ert q steadily increasing pressure on the Teu-
ton positions. By March their assaults should
he redoubled in power.
An American newspaper correspondent, re-
irrned to New York from the front, said that
he vas told on high authority the Allies could
mash through the German line either in Bel
tinm or Northern France i they were to;putI
6n full steam ahead, but that they preferred
Tie whiting policy that is, to hold the
Germans fast and cause them great loss of life
~ every attempt of the infantry to advance
across contested ground. Meanwhile, as the
,reeks 90 on, say the strategists of the Allies,
he Germans will be running low inammunition|
and petrol and perhaps in food supplies As
tbe Allies strengthen, the Germans should be
..eakened. according to this theory.
American observers seem to be reaching the
.,,,;,,;on that German must shift the odds by
ene desperate and brilliant coup or give up
Lone Of further advances on the west. Perhaps
~ airsllip raid on Sheerness that went wrong
yesterday was part of such c..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

dares to move for fear Of being black
listed. Also. the household guards 60
on a strike for shorter hours. Finally
the Shotgun learns that his govern
ment is bankrupt. but Spangle saves
the Situation by taking an entire bond
issue.
When an American warship lands
marines to rescue Spangle. they And
him actually master OF the island.
Everything ends happily. the lovers
are united and Spangle sails with his
bride to exhibit his social splendor in
his native city In Iowa.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

Wars ruthlessness was. never better illus
trated than yesterday, when the spirit Of
Christmas failed to make any appreciable diff
ference in the rush and roar of European battle.
True, the British and the Germans did declare
a true to bury their dead between the lines, but
this was dictated by necessity rather than
sentiment. ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

the HOUSE of Commons for a few
weeks with unquestioned brillianee
Joseph Chamberlain was another
illustration of great talents equally
effective in the senate or on the plat
form. ..,
Lord Rosebery was frequently and
not inaptly described as our only
orator
Mr.. Balfour had never conscious
ly cultivated a single rhetorical art,
and it could only have been by mis-
take if he ever strayed into perora-
ton
"Mr. Asquith represents a type Of
public-speaking carried to higher per-
lection than any one in modern times.
Mr. Bonar Law would never have
been chosen to succeed Mr.. Balfour
but for his powers of speech.
Mr. Winston Churchill cultivated
the literary style, and at times prac-
tised it with great ability.
Lord Hugh Cecils speaking was
always intellectual and much of it
was hard hitting and fierce.
"Mr. Redmond's success had been a
power of speech consistently yerging
upon eloquence and sometimes tinged
with genuine emotion. IL
Finally" said Lord CurZon, 81 will
escape the task of deciding which was
the masterpiece of modern British
eloquence by awarding the prize to
an MISUNDERSTANDING Lincoln" r.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

Boston Tech is going in for the study of avia-
ton. We presume some of Prof. Munsterberg's
critics will now accuse Tech, of fostering mill
tarism.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

Women of England have formed a war vol
unteer reserve and the militants didn't even
get corporalship -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

I That Mexican blacksmith who has been APP
pointed governor of the state OF Jaliseo may
be said to have forged to the front. ~ s.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

However, if you're going to swear off on
January / you won't need to smoke those
christmas cigars. -...
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

Some of the supervisors say their main trou-
BILE is going to be in living up to advance
notices. ~-4-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

. Christmas Spirit, we are glad to report, does
not appear on the list of casualties at the Eu-
ropean front. ~-
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December &c comes but once a year-and
we re glad of it. Z. *
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

This weather is real Christmas gift.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26

Evidently the Diet does not agree with
Japan. IL.
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Precluded by His American Birth and
Former Citizenship from Ever
Receiving a British Peerage

ridicule IN his novels as mo longer
gentlemen and not yet nOblemen."
Astor was prompted, however, In
changing his nationality by his anx-
Lefty TO spare his children the sufferings
| which he and hts wife had endured by
transforming them into English sub
Jects. But while they are British, hav-
ing been brought UP wholly In the
United Kingdom and among English as
sociations, he remains, In spite of every
thing, much more Of an American than
a Briton.
No one can take him for anything else
than an American, In his appearance, in
his manner and In his speech. lie has
the Arericsn abruptness, quickness and
decision. He has been in intimate con-
tact with three civilizations, American,
English and italian. But 1t is the
American which has left It's stamp upon
him, an indelible hall mark. In his
entertainments, which are on princely
scale, he is an American host. with that
liking for precision and straight lines
which is certainly not British. In fact,
he is little bit too much Of a martinez
In his Inequalities to suit English tastes
of the present day, and 1t is this
peculiarly Of character that has in
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Mr.. William Waldorf Astor.

and secured naturalization as an Eng
lishman. / have always considered that
he made great mistake in taking this
step. For, in the first place, Americans
cannot understand II when any one OF
their countrymen renounces his birth
right as a citizen OF the United States
and the proud privileges attached there
10 for the sake of any foreign ale
glance; and secondly, William Waldorf
Astor as an American ana as a multi
millionaire foreigner Of distinction, was
a parsonage Of Infinitely greater i'm
portance and social note in the United
Kingdom than an English plutoCrat
commoner. AS an American, belong
ing 10 a country where every citizen
claims a share in the sovereignty of the
nation, he could pretend to rank with
the highest in England, whereas the
moment that he became a British sub
1ect he forfeited this privileged position
and had, like all other commoners, 10
acknowledge the social superiority and
TO yield the pas not merely to the
various members of the peerage but even
TO those baronets whom Lord Beacons-
neld was SO fond OF holding up TO
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Mr.. Waldorf Astor.

VOWED him in more than one social I'M
hrogl!o, which has nterfered with his
popularity in the land OF his adoption.
Thus, having been subjected TO a con-
siderable amount OF annoyance by per-
feet strangers hocklng to his entertain
ments without any invitation--a prac-
tlce which has long been e perfect
scandal In London and source Of
perpetual difficulty and trouble to hos.s
and hostesses-he determined TO put
stop TO this form of impoS-
ton, at any rate under his own
roof So one night al musicale at
which the Leaking artists of the day
were singing al the rate OF heaven only
knows how many guineas per note
when he happened to ind a perfect
stranger wandering about in his draw
ing room alone he apostroph.zed him
with an inquiry as TO whether he had
received an invitation from himself, and
on the stranger admitting that this was
not the case ordered him out Of the
house without giving him time 20 eN-
plain that he was Admiral Sir Berkeley
Milne, Of the then Prince OF Wales's
household and that he had been brought
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to the concert by Consuelo Duchess OF
Manchester, with whom no had been
dining.
No one can blame w. w Aston for
resenting the presence Of UNLIMITED
strangers at his entertainments But :.
was, to say the least, unfortunate that
II he had to turn anybody out Of his
house as offending In this respect n
should have been an officer Of such dis
tinctlon, social note and popularity a.
Berkeley Milne.
1t was this same thoroughly American
determination not to submit to any I'm.
position that led to his memorable quar-
rel with the late Duke Of Westminster,
who was a very cranky, opinionated and
rather narrow minded peer. Aston had
purchased from him the magnificent
Thames side country seat, or rather
palace, OF Cliveden. at cost consider.
ably above Its raied value. He had paid
down the money on the understanding
that the price included the house az Il
stood with all its contents. Afterward
the Duke sought 30 remove a number Of
things which he declared had been In.
cluded in the sale by mistake.
Aston compiled with a number OF thes,
demands, even going to the length Of
surrendering some valuable art treas.
ures. But when the Duke insisted
upon having turned over 10 him
the visitors book, in which al
the sovereigns, royal personages and
celebrities who had been entertained 1T
Cliveden during the two or three
hundred years of It's existence
long before the Grosvenors had owned
the place, Astor's patience became ex.
hausted and he refused to give g. up.
For the sake Of this visitors book Aston
was willing to face the lasting eumity
not only of Ensland's richest Duke but
also of tho entire clan Of Grosvenors,
perhaps the most powerful in English
society
An Eng!lshman with cravings Tor
social recognition and for the good VIII
and friendship Of the aristocracy wouli
have yielded without a murmur. would
have submitted to any impositlon-hy a
Duke. But william Waldorf Astor
would not, for the reason that he
was ana still remains, despite his nat
urailzat!on, in heart and character an
American.
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now president Of the lower house of the
national Legislature at The Hague.
With regard to the anal determining
cause Of William Waldorf Astor's eN-
patrlaton so much ignorance prevails
about the matter on both sides Of the
Atlantic. especially among those of the
younger generation, that Il may be
worth while 70 give here a brief eX-
PLANTATION thereOf-an explanation which
cannot fail TO silence much of the criti-
clsm which is still being levelled at him
for the abandonment OF his homo in the
United States.
From the time OF his fathers death
he was always by reason OF his i'm
mense wealth an object OF interminable
discussion in the American press. Ii
was diff1cult indeed IN many years 70
open a newspaper without finding his
name staring one In the face, just a.
that of Rockefeller does to-day. Thus
when his mother. who was one OF the
most gracious women that ever welded
a social sceptre in New York, passed
away her only son, william Waldorf
Aston. naturally claimed for his lovely
wife, the beautiful Mary Paul of Phlla-
delphia, the style and address of Mrs
Aston" on the sround that he was the
head of the entire Aston family. This
right TO the name OF Mrs. Aston" with
out any distinguishing Christian name
was contested by his aunt the late Mrs
William Aston, who as one OF the
al powerful matriarchs OF New York
society was unwilling to yield the
pas" 70 the young Philadelphia born
wife Of her nephew and to concede 70
her the precedence which she had resc
lily accorded to her sister-in-law, Will
lam Waldorf Astors mother,
Both nephew and aunt appealed to the
postal authorities TO determine the ques-
ton by stating to which Mrs. Astor'
they would deliver letters thus ad-
dressed The newspapers took sides, the
majority Of them championing the cause
Of Mrs William Aston. converting the
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DESIRE OF PRIVACY DROVE w w ASTOR TO EXILE
Real Reasons Why the Little Under
stood Man Was Practically Driven
Out of His Own Country

4, objection to Henry Worms, who had
received his education in England. being
raised to the peerage as Lord Prbright,
despite his birth at Vienna as an Aus
trian.
/ \ stii moro familiar case in point n
/ that Of Lord Claiming, q native Of Bos-
ton Mass He is a son Of the celebrated
Unitarian divine the Rev. w. H. Chan
ming. who after occupyii Z a pulpit in
he Hub migrated 70 England, made his
home at kensngton and secured Eng
llsh naturalization. Thanks to his
fathers being an Englishman. there was
nothing to prevent Francis Alston
'hann.ng. descendant Of that Gen.
William Claiming who was one OF the
Slgners of the Declaration of indie
pendeuce, from being raised 70 the
House Of Lords a. reward for his eN-
Cel,ent services n promoting agricul-
tural. educational and labor reforms.
Some sixty years ago a Frenchman
Of the name OF Richard Tuition succeeded
to the great estates in Kent. in West
morelsnd and in Yorkshire OF his
granduncle. the last Earl of Thanet. In
compliance with the stipulations of the
will he obtained Engllsh letters ~ natu-
radiation, his eldest boy, Henry. being
seven years Of age az the time. Richard
Tuition was given baronetcy in rec
ognition OF the political influence de-
rived from his large estates but could
NOT. owing to his being merely a natu-
ralized citizen be elevated to the peerage,
That was an honor reserved for his cid
est son. who was created Lord Hothheld
few years after his fathers death,
although born In France as French
man
There is nothing therefore, to pre-
ven, Waldorf Aston. who for some years
rast has been Cnionist member OF Par
Lament for Plym nth, from being raised
AZ some future time TO the House OF
lrds as a baron--but certainly not -
an earl or a. a duke, since there have
been no Instances ~ modern times OF
"A commouer being raised % a dukedom
without graduating from the Inferior
classes " the peerage. Waldorf Aston.
Ike Lord Claiming. Ike the hate Lord
P,rbrlgh, and Lord Hoth1eld, Is an
EnrIis hmau through the natural cation
~ hls father as a British citizen
That young waldorf AstDr is high IN
favor with IN" rc.suins family has been
repeatedly demonstrated IN very
marked manner during the last eight
cr zen Years. During N" r"ig1 " Ed
ward VII. when Queen Alexandra On
the occasion Of ,ne fort!eth ann.v ersary
~ her wedding gave dance AT Euck-
ingham Palace which differing tiom the
ordinary court balls, was officially stated
10 Ne restricted to intimate personal
friends Of their Maiest!es,' Waldorf