Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-04

Dean C.. worcester, who recently
Ieetured In Honolulu.
be put to the bitter necessity of having
to resort to the using Of all means of
legal reprisals which the laws have
given to a civilized and free COM
munity.
For all these reasons, the inhabi-
tants of Cebu assembled in public
meeting, are, after due consideration
presenting this protest to the Visayan
Refining Company and respectfully re-
quest that Mr.. Worcester be retired
from the company. ceasing to have
anything to do with either the admin
istration or management as principal
or secondary, and direct or indirect.
Furthermore, we request we be nott
fed as soon as possible of the action
to be adopted by the Visayan Refining
Company In regard to this protest"
simultaneously with the publication
Of the resolutions, the Cebu Chronicle
published the following editorial in
support of Mr.. Worcester:
Attack 10 Significant.
The attack that was made by a
section OF the native community Of
Cebu against Dean c. Worcester at the
Oriente Cine last Saturday afternoon,
Is significant In the extreme. In the
first place, it shows a growing sense
Of power; and in the second place, it
Illustrates the lack of balance possess
ed by the average Filipino. The at
tack that was made was not because
broad craftsmanship demanded it, but
because personal feeing claInored for
such action. Had the signatories to
the circular not allowed themselves to
be swayed by personal luminosity, but
instead had looked at the situation
from the point of view OF the adj
Yancement of their country, they
would have sunk their differences;
for they must know in their hearts
that the opening up Of big corpora
ton at Maktan whose chief purpose Is
to deal with the agricultural products
of these islands, must be of great ben.
EFT to the Philippines and to Cebu in
particular. &-~a 49,.
Think. Honor AssaiIed.
This, however, does not concern
them. They are of opinion that the
honor OF their countrymen has been
assailed by the present Vice-president
of the visayan Refining company; and
this being so, II becomes their bounden
duty to denounce him and to insist on
his immediate removal from the CON-
paIiy. Should he refuse land If we
know anything of Dean C. Worcester.
he is not the man to yield to intimi-
daticn j the professors will use every
legal means in their power to bring
about his downfall In their resolu-
ton that was forwarded to the COM
pany they ask for the retirement OF
Mr.. Worcester as proof of the COM
pany's friendship, so that they should
not be forced to become its enemies
and work for it's ruin.
Such action is ridiculously absurd.
1t aIienates sympathy; it does not
obtain it. 1t is political politics; and
politics of the worst possible kind.
1t is such acts as this that makes the
well wishers Of the Filipino people
despair. Instead of their cause being
advanced by such methods, it is re-
tarded. In short, to quote the i'm
mortal classic, There is no sense
in it," Do these impassioned and
eloquent gentlemen who rent the air
with words On Saturday afternoon be-
lieve for one moment that the COM
pany is forced to make all their pur-
chases from Cebu, or even obtain its
labor frCn this city? There are other
places from where all that is wanted
can be obtained; and though we do
not think for a moment that the com
pany would desire to purchase else
where. it must not be forgotten that
they have every facility of doing so.
Neither do we think the professors
contemplate any viC:ence, for we give
them credit of being shreWd agita-
tors. and not fools. Violence quickly
brings one within the clutches of the
law, and legal teChnicalities are not
CT much use in that category. There
fore. enc can only see responsibility
and personal animus at the root OF
saturdays meeting, and we might add,
CCr- cD3l adVPI tisemert Is We'll 1t is
tAo O. tho greatest mistakes t. run
away with tie bc!'pf that NIr. W0r,
Cpster is nos a friend and We!l-WlSher
to the people Of the Philippines. In
being certain. as he is. tina! the
people arc not yet ripe for independ-
ence. r. hut shares the firm opinion
e hund, or; Ct capable, educated Fill
pines lie has persistently stood up
for the labcrer and the farmer; Just
as in his book he steadily denounced
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