The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-22
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MAYOR LANE, the supervisors and Sheriff
wi 'R5se tIay aAttttrt lfeHfstlves that the ids
elimination afgsafRl s1Ee'G hhJrdt" shown bJ me
police, wNethett under orders or hot, is a closed
incident An ihcidentis easily closed, far Jas
local Honolulu is concerned, but it is otherwise,
and very much so. with the soldiers. The huau
incident, and the jitney politics played over II re-
mains bitter remembrance in the minds of d few
thousand soldiers and sailcrs, and Honolulul will
feel the effects OF that one BIT Of official folly tor
months and PERHAPS yye$f5s' q 9o&e ! f4
In the meanwhile we are getting considerable
unfavorahle publicity over the matter. The Army
and Navy service journals have already compent-
ed on the Americanism of Honolulu The last Intail
brings the Indianapolis News, with this comnient:
in the Honolulu papers of May several
letters, some of them from soldiers protesting
against the exclusion of uniformed soldiers from.
a public entertainment given BY the mayer md
people of that city in honor of the congressiohAis
Marty that recently visited the Hawaiian Islands,
There is doubt of the exclusion, nor does thetS
seem to be any doubt that the discrimination WA
against the soldiers. One first told that
admission was by invitation. But as he saw the
crowds streaming into the park he naturallyisvon-,
he inquired he learned that this not the case,
and was told to quote from one of the letters, that
he could enter wearing his uniform as the
mayor had given the police department orders that
soldier sailor he admitted to this section OF
this public park The other letters to the
same effect, and in all of them there is avery
vigorous protest against the action of the mayor.
In the letter of the soldier inclosng the clippings
we are asked to let the people Of Indiana know
the way in which the men Of the United States
army treated here by the mayor of Honolulu
1t gives Us pleasure to comply with the request.
"Whcther the action in this case in violation
of the letter of the law we do not know, but it
certainly in violation of its spirit In an act
of congress passed more than four years ago, and
entitled An Act to Protect the Dignity and Honor
of the Uniform of the United States is this:
Hereafter proprietor, manager or employee Of
theater other public place of entertainment
in the District of Columbia, in any
l...y, DIsL.icG Alaska, insular possessions
of the United States, shall make cause to be made
any discrimination against any person lawfully wear
ing the UNIFORM OF the army navy revenue eutter SET
Wee, corps of the United States, because
of that uniform and any person making causing
be made such discrimination shall be guilty of
misdemeanOr punishable by fine not exceeding $500.
at is not necessary to construe the law and we
cite it only for the purpose of showing the intent
of congress. The entertainment in Honolulu was
apparently public-though not a pay affair, to
winch all except uniformed soldiers were admit
ted Among those present, so it is said,
hoboes, and what might be called the scum of the
city. That there just such discrimination
as the law lUrbdN is clear. The only question:
from legal point OF vicw--s whether the law APP
plies in this But without regard to that the
action was lndccnsbIe, especially so since the
tertainment official in character participated
in by servants of that very government OF which
the soldiers themselves constituent AMI yer
important party. Mr.. Kiplng has put the soldiers
case very Convlncngly:
! went into heater sober could be-
They give uruuK CIVILIAN room, but adn t
for me;
They sent to the gallery round the music all<,
But when it to fghtin' Lord! they II shove
in the stalls.
For it 5 Tommy this. an Tommy that, an Tommy
wait outside
But its especial train for Atkins when troopers
the tide. ~