Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30

- ANA9A ONkUllylG
F.py as = done in the case Of Porto Rico the Philippines
nave Iet obliged to refrain from public mention Of this
contemplated change in financial attitude
re have many directors Of public measures and po
es apt to upset rather than forward mertoous plans ~
The enormous of money that must be here expena
property. r-s-'sse $500 1.
We the center of the Western World aevress;ous NO
ea and commercial and too alone provide or
MAINTAIN the magnitude Of responsibility our location rnsts
upon u.s. We can now consistently request and accept assist
snee without rejection en- our motives or spirit
ss-41 a@ SUGGESTIONS TENTATIVE.
On what basis Congress will determine the military relations
Of the General Government with States and Territories and TO
what extent it will financial responsibility in prepared
ness ana defense no one can predict hence the suggestions
make should be considered strictly tentative aimed
more to secure keen recognition Of peculiar situation and
needs rather than assumed solution Of the problem
We should be wiling to bear share whatever the u
MOTIVES FOR WAR.
For nearly three thousand years Of the sea
has been contested that the ycors might exploit
70 the utmost the commerce Of the adjacent world and gain
ancient world sea the Mediterranean and history
now ITSELF the great contest this very day hour
for the command Of that for It IS still the key to Africa
Carthage the first great ancient commercial and religious
power controlled that entire and restricted Rome for
centuries until she learned the methods Of Carthage bettered
uJLelly destroyed
The for Mediterranean has continued among va
rious nations for centuries
great huge bulk Empire comprising onesxth Of Che
band surface Of the world for several centuries has sought
naval protected outlet for its commerce
Within memory and previously, two Of Russas present
allies by and manipulation have forced her and held her
back from her ambition.
Foied securing the Bosphorps and Dardanees modern
transportation enabled her establish magnificent seaport
at Dalny oman arm Of the Pacific Ocean.
Her present friends forced her back BY and manpua
on but before ultimate conclusions could be tried an Aeri
President TO American bankers called cessation Of
-Four years ago this month returned from journey
through Russia and Siberia undertaken solely to weigh the
possibility Of that Empire again seeking an outlet on the
Pacific.
Enemies have now become friends has been per
outlet through the Besphorls and
Daraneles Success her part would 50 niate aesanst
her present and their future commercial safety and m
teests apprehehd history win repeat itself and allies become
'as'''' '''s'''s'' WORLD supRnnaACY
The contest for and commercial supremacy nov COW
NoWhere IS this contest than here right on this
island Of hu you have eenhe second merchant
marine wiped out ip few months and zee ssenqss s e
Here and here epy is that of the high seas under
American control held only by three lines Of steamers backed
by feeble Continental American spirit
Hawaii IS the strategic point Of the western world That con-
troll once lost the future VIII be poblematea and the line 9!
defense viii be iptoeraby to the great sweep q
shore from Boring Strait to the Panama Canal
Seeking PEACE
Neither men nations commend the human saernce anq
destruction of - B s.
History the only guide have teaches that until inc very
ansprngs changed peace cannot Pc guar
ateed Adequate defense is the only known assurance hence
1 loos toward the west and sodtlle not look
ing for enemies and but fer friends and peace and
progress. US .ssI1..z.-s 49, s. $3.50
In times Of stress danger and men sprung . tne co
try s support with one accord. s IS $50.
Peace prevails now and the acute incentive IS not
vet You members Of the National Guard of Hawaii now pres
emit to the people the United States the most notable exam
pie Of patriotic enlistment rarely if e9ualed IN our ma
tiolaT history.
Wh others agate for organization you are ale
in prctiss and are ready for rigid peace duty and
that you may Instantly enter fully prepared anu
into war should it be imposed on your country
s TsTasN HAWAuANE.
Over TWENTY-FIVE hundred and fifty of ycua are enrolled You
have always been the numerical baekoone q tne