Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-26
no PARLOR PATRIOTS, But men
TOFACEU U. S. PROBLEMS, ISNEED

Perhaps you think I am sayinf
this because this Is a military posi-
and want to say. something this
morning to tickle your fancy. / hope
what Il have to say may deserve ap
proVal because believe that the hand
writing on the wall on this day and
during the present period in which we
| live Is so clear that one has but to
copy it off You can see 1t as well
as i. II is good for all of us that
We talk II over ss
THE men of the first Thanksgiv-
ing pioneered. II is ours to perpet-
uate When say ours / mean you
and me, not someone else. The east.
est job in the world is to Let George
do IT.
War Az An AIarmpbeiI.
Two years ago We thought the
world was better than 1t has proved
to be in the last Is months. We
thought we were farther removed
from the evil days of Indian fighting
through which the men of 1900 had
TO pass. Now we know that we mis-
judged humanity. Now We know that
our bounden duty Is to be on guard,
IL we do indeed hope to perpetuate
that for which the builders of the ma
ton pioneered. We know that we
must be alert to watch the enemy
within our gates and also to the enemy
within the fortress, This enemy may
be either an outright spy carrying
out his accepted mission; he may
be an enemy in the form of nominal
citizen with divided allegiance, who
so far as our nations welfare is con.
cerned is man without a country:
or he may be just plain nincompoop
of the parlor variety, man who says
there Is no danger and when danger
comes gets under the bed, a man of
the type that commits murder because
he didn't know 1t was loaded
We know that this day calls, as
never before In my lifetime and the
life span of most Of the active citizens
of today, for men who are fear
less. men who are loyal. men who
can dare and, finally, men able to de.
liver the goods whenever called upon.
outstanding, forward-t clear
headed, American citizens.
I'VE need such men here, right here
In this outpost. We give thanks
that we have them; we pray for
more of them. That's the kind of
ready for service which
our country. expects, needs, demands
from you and me. That is what we
have to do If we would perpetuate
that handed down ito US by the pio-
neers
Hawaii is called a peculiar COM
munity. And rightly so. 1t cannot
do any harm for us to look some
Of its peculiarities squarely In the
face. BY SO doing we may on this
day not only give thanks for the
things that are peculiar but also for
the good American sense to meet
them.
Il speak from. the standpoint of a
civilian who believes in the army, who
believes in the navy, who believes in
his country and has confidence in his |
fellow countrymen.
No Apologies Necessary.
You and | are living In section |
Of the United States of America where
forms of social courtesy oftimes car
ried to excess sometimes make an |
American wonder whether in order |
TO be thoroughly polite he should pref
ace HIS remarks with an apology for
his citizenship.
You and l are living in an Ameri-
can territory, hyphenated to the cores
And some of those about US do not /
seem to realize how pointedly the
swelling sentiment OF the men Of the
has been epitomized by |
Roosevelt in his terse to HI with |
the hyphen. The president has said
the same thing in different language.
I'VE are living In community /
where little things count. And no one
IAN overestimate the harm that can
come from proved readiness to crit
Icize the president of the United
States while speaking in the most
complimentary terms of the alien pc.
.entate and the alien nation.
Do not interpret my words to
mean that you and | as Americans
should go about with a chip on our
shoulders seeking trouble with the
Ilien or making him feel unhappy.
70. indeed Far be it from me to sug-
rest that the unhappy lot of an alien
should be made more unhappy.
What do suggest is that situated T
Is the American population of this
outpost is, it can very easily become
unless the men OF
American ideals, American hopes and
aspirations, American acts that speak
ouder than words, are forever on
,uard.
lo Common Cause With Murder
,r Lawless Blockade.
We want our nation to be friendly
With Germany but we have no COM
non cause with the murder of de-
enseless men, women and children,
,ur fellow citizens.
I'VE want our nation to be friendly
With Great Britain but we find no
Ict of friendship in the violation of
law as in the days OF
S12, which hampers and destroys our
peaceful trade and disregards the
lights of neutral nation.
We know that our nation stands
or the rights of humanity and as
oval citizens of the United States we
ind not only duty but a privilege
n our support by word and act of our
your leader and
aino tho President of the limited |