The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-05-11
SENATOR SNO(I
sAYSGULFLItAT !. !.
INCIDENT GRAVE
Torpedoing OF Tanker More Seri-
GUS To America Than Sink
ing Of Lusitania
UTAHAN EXPECTS EXTRA
SESSION OF CONGRESS
...-., --~ - -g''-.s'r
Thinks Lack Of Golfers Is Great
est Menace To Efficiency "
. of Navy .

. i
Senator Reed Smoot Of Utah thinks
that there ia more than ., possibility
that special session Of congress will
be called 10 deal with the situation arts.
ing through the sinking Of the cunatd
liner Lusttania, last week, and Of the
totpedoing Of the .Arneritah steamer
In an interview at the Moana Hotel
yesterday afternoon I Senator sthoot
said. ~ SSs Fas' 80 ~ slsA ~
II think II probable that a spetis
session Of Congress win be called Oh
account OF the sinking of the Lusitania
and the American steamer Grlhight. TO
my mind the torpedoine Of the dulhigfii
Constituted q violation Of neutrality
rights Of far Graver nature thar the
sinking Of the 1usitania, though tiiG
aWfulness Of the latter disaster dwarfs
the signihcsiite 6f the former in puBiit
opinion for the time being. 80
The United States government < u
tainly should be more CONF rned 6v1f
the tofpedoing Of the Gulhight than tfit
sinking Of the Lusitania, lregrettable
though the latter most undoubtedly WIS,
GULFLIaHT PARAMOUNT ISSUE
IN visw Of the Publicity given BY the
Germans TO the warning 10 iieutrals that
they took passage on ships OF the Allies
1t their own risk, ana the report that
munitions Of war was included in the
cargo Of the Lusitania, the torpedoing
Of the liner Is not In my opinion Of SO
grave ehSracter as the destruction Of
the Outright. S So ~ =" ""r3
II the reports .asked for BY the state
department should show that no rnurn!
ti6ns OF war were carried by the Lisi-
tania, in my opinion there will be an
extra session or congress called! The
destrut ton Of the autfiiRht also win
undoubtedly have bearing on this. q
dnIn calling congress together It does
not nscessariiy mean that war VIII be
declared, but no doubt the question 6f
future TfansAtlantic travel by American
citiaehsa WIZ BE- ic6nsidefcd ana some
action taken.to tG8 1,1'Sp2IS;GrssE d a.
AMERICA tJNPREPARBDs FoR WAH
Asked as to the preparedness Of the
Unitea States Tor war Senator sinoct
! said :tN'm =" Il. ny -, spl"' 80"
aim ease Of me Unitsa States bee ON
! ifiE iiivolved Id the war, some Official
have Expressed the opinion That vi
should be able to defend 0tifS6lve:
,aEsinst any navy 6fi earth am Afrsit
that stich akstateihe - exag sDrated
/ fot we maven = c0lhSfs enough 81 ohl
| own I'd o. TAKE haif 4 1d6z6n BsttIestip
four Hundred miles from Land to r6maif
! there Tor any permanent length OF time
We own very few more Golfers now thar
We did at the time OF our little skir
! mish with spain, and It - o wen KNOW
| fact that we had 10 secure colliers from
foreign countries before we could sent
out battleships to Manila Bay.
III I were going to be In any wa!
extravaganza with the peoples money /
would be in the building Of a. stronl
navy and the construction Of impregna
BILE fortifications. would like to Sc
the Hawaiian Islands fortified SO strong
ly that no power on earth could tax
them away from u.s."
MERCHANT MARINE PROBLEM
Senator Smoot feels keeniy the pau
city Of the American mert liant marin
) and spoke freely on the subject. Ones
toned as to what remedy he had Ii
u1luu IOE LILO OAlbbAAA6 ob0eo Va ~AA~~@
maritime the senator said:
; my opinion is that the only way t
restore our merchant marine or success
fully operate hrst-class passenger boat
would be by our government granting
subsidy as Is being done by every othe
first class nation today. This woul
have been done years ago II coul
, have had my way. Under our ,presen
Seaman's LaW-Which Is q mistake
: and with subsidies paid TO foreign vel
| sells, 1t Is impossible for America to ri
} American ships under the American maj
. "ouf government should never ente
, the ship operating industry or any othe
commercial enterprise that can be d.
veloped by Individual initiation
sANGUINB AS TO SUGAR
Senator Smoot, referring to the statr
Of the sugar industry, said that 1t woul
. be well for the sugar people OF Hawa
to make ths most Of the COED bushes
4 prevailing now and to be prepared Il
a at least one lean year.
II look for a change Of admdnistr
ton In 1917 said the senator. .
! have never lost hope that the free sugi
: clause viii bs repealed before the tin
% Wueu IL 10 bCuOuuAou W e~--o S-hSNe,
base my calculations on the fact tn
;, the government Is running behind q mi
? lion dollars a month and that 1t can
. afford to lose the forty or nifty milltt
dollar per annuin now being, receiv'
from sugar.
Senator smoot and wife VIII lea
Q for Hawaii next Thursday, Mrs. sno
5, being particularly DESTROYS Of visitii
y the Volcano. She has bean quite
l. for several months, but the trip h
~ benefited her greatly and thu warm G
n mate Of Hawaii suits her exceilently.
Is whether the Smoots viii proceed
Il the orient by the Manchutia on M
y 81, as was their original intention,
e uncertain. The occurrences Of tho ID
o, few days may change their progra
u, and Senator Sinoot wants TO see he
= matters are finally adjusted betwe
n Japan and China before making
projected visit.