The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-18
From Pulpit Of Central Union
LaWmaker Sees Trouble
With Germany Bridoed
PEOPLE SHOULD STAND
SoLlDLY WITH PRESIDENT
Mexican Situation Touched Upon
and Again Chief Executives
Policy Is Praised

!" am glad to. say and thank Got
for II, declared Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas last night to the congrega,
tion OF the Central Union Church, "thht
| believe the crisis,is past and that we
shall escape entangling complications.
The senator was speaking Of Presi.
dent Wilson'S peace policy, and, in the
course OF his remarks, he had led up TO
the destruction of the lusitania
We ought all Of as, - he continued
TO- stand solidly behind the President
~ bis Efforts TO preserve peace
Not An Absolute Pacihcist'
Senator Robinson is not wholly n
pacifcist. "The fate of nations, he
said early in his address, "stilI is do
cided In the smoke and thunder of Their
battles. Universal peace will come
only when the dreams of childhood are
the accepted standards of the world.
'"t In some respects, the present dis
torted state of Europe is a reflection
on Christianity itself. If all the devo-
tees Of the churches of Europe had bee
loyal to their beliefs, there would be no
war TODAY.
g AL men are born with n predisposi.
ton to militarism that do not under,
stand. Those of us who have had love
affairs know how hopeless it is to try
to compete against the man in uniform
and epualettes. !"
A discreet litter ran around the
church, e
For Strong Navy
The senator returned to the broader
problem. 81 have tried" he said, "to
dream the dream of universal peace, ami
still believe the day will come when
the better ideals of man shall be real
lied, but until the times look ripper for
my dream, I'm going to work for and
support strong navy.
The United States must increase
the navy and extend its Notifications.
'And If conflict ever comes to this
nation l believe it will rage first
around these beautiful Islands.
Therefore / am steadfastly in favor
Of terrifying Oahu
As for the policy Of this nation with
regard to Mexico, there, also, Senate.
Robinson believed President Wilson
had been wise and safs, in the main.
He made the remarkable statement
that, in his belief, if we had gone inta
Mexico to settle her affairs by force,
Nhistory would lave hold America re.
sponsible' for the present conflict IN
Europe. .l.tF ~ ~
"Our course he said, "would have
been seized on as a Pretext and an
example. "% tsJ%
Turning to the purely practical
aspect Of the Mexican problem he est.
mated, on the Strength of expert opinio 4
among army, officers, that it would take
an army of from one, hundred to two
hundred and fifty thousand men be-
tween twenty-five and fifty years to
conquer, occupy and pacify Mexico.
Prospect Of Peace
Many facts in the war familiar to
newspaper readerst were touched on
the advent Of the airship and the sub
marine, the historical development Of
naval strife between Germany and
England, the problems of contraband,
search and seizure, the racial aspira-
| tons of the Slavonie and the Germanic
peoples, and finally the prospect for
peace. - -
"On the Christian church." he con
cluded, rests the responsibility for
settling this conflict. The statesmen
brought it on. -
And turning once more to President
Wilson and America: 90
awe shall have war;" he affirmed,
"when the people want it. There is
| no President, no ruler in the world,
who can prevent it when the people
under him demand it. -