Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

that the manager was displaying ev-
erywhere the flags of England, of her
allies, and all of the neutral countries
with the exception of the United
States. My American honor was in
jured and Immediately asked the man
ager why such a slam was taken at
u.s. 1T is not intended as a slam,
was his answer, 1t is simply that with
the present feeling against America
do net dare to display the American
flag here g. s.G =: ...... il E.. ..... 4.
Discrimination is also made con,
tinued Mr.. Livingstone, between the
boats of American and English reg
istry running to the colonies. When
we left Sydney on the Makura on the
home trip, a search of our baggage
was instituted, rather thorough, it , is
true, but pleasantly done. On the
other hand the Ventura baggage was
no special pains were taken to do it
neatly or kindly. Some of the search
ers were actually rude.
Il consider this feeling due in
large measure to the newspapers OF
Australia" said Mr.. Livingstone, when
asked as to the cause of it. @,..
The papers have printed nothing
about the work that our country has
done in Belgium to relieve the suffer
ing there, and all the news that is
published deals very partially with
the English side of the question. The
feeling of war is everywhere in the
air. Soldiers are seen wherever you
&C, and, by the way, they are invited
cut into the society of the town a
great deal more than our men are in
Honolulu. This may be due to the war
but it is true nevertheless. There is
a great deal of sadness in many of
the homes on account of the loss of
Australian and New Zealand boys in
the fighting in Egypt.
Business is at a standstill. and
would advise American business men,
especially, to stay away until the war
is over. Prices for all kinds of food
are very high and only a limited
amount of one thing is allotted to in
dividual families. AS an illustration,
should you ask for two pounds of but
ter, only one pound would be given
to you and the same rule holds good
in the purchase of meat, eggs and
other commodities. Gasoline, when |
left, was nearly 80 cents gallon, max
ing it very expensive for all automo-
bile owners ..~..
Asked his opinion of the islands, this
being his fourth trip to Hawaii, Mr.
Livingstone ardently replied that he
always had good word for them
he went Your mountains
he said, Il consider one of your best
and | have wondered
why more pictures, especially moving
pictures, are not displayed in the east
ern states. Very seldom have I seen
any advertisements CT the islands
along the Atlantic border
They ought to have pictures of the
life here off the beaten trails, Of your
and your mountains"
Mr.. Livingstone is a moving picture
himself. owning stock in |
several houses on the coast and being
Intimately acquainted with many of |
he great actors of the moving picture |
stage. .....-
Though young man he has Travelled |
and is now en- HIS fourth +
rip around the world. He has made a .
study of the aborigines Of Australia. !
Africa and South America At present |
lie is making plans for another trip to
Africa, where he will take moving
'ictures of the unbeaten paths from
Iapetown to Lake Victoria He Will |
Ie in the islands a week or so before I
eaying for San Francisco