The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-24
DIPLOMATS SCRAP
lNlSLES0E PEACE
Result In Change Of Directors
ForiHOnokaa Plantation, Over
Question Of Bags
Consul For Germany and Consul
For Mexico Resign Director.
ships TO Restore Peace

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Geo. ,Rpdiek, consul for, Germany and
WI Lanz consul, for, Mexico, have. re-.
signed from. the directorate of, Pacific
Sugar Min and, Honokaa Sugar Com.
pany because E. l., s. Gordon, consul
for Great Britain and Ireland would
not allow, these two concerns to pur-
chase sugar bags made in Calcutta so
long as these representatives of for.
eign governments were officers of, the
two, companies. ~ ,saf5 t..q1 h.
This statement lwas made yesterday
by q prominent shareholder, in the TIVE,
plantations. J. w. Waldron, treasurer.
of F, A, Sehaefer & Company, agents
for these two companies, dcciined to af.
firm or deny it. He stated positively
that he did not care to be quoted. This
matter Is one which has been under
copsideration for several weeks, but
while rumors have been rife among the
brokers no public announcement was
made until the Tesigna tion, of Geo. Rod.
lex was finally acted upon by his feI.
low directors yesterday. y. M! Dowsett
and A. y. Campbell are to take the
places vacated by the CONSULAR ex Iii
rectOrs. S. ~ - =
Alleged Reasons For Action
The, sharehOfder who gave this de.
tailed information said that Consul
Gordon acted under a British wa.
emergency measure known as the
Trading with the Enemy Act. The
Honokaa directors until yesterday were
+. A. Shaefer, W. H. Baird, W. LAM.
J. W.. Waldron; H. Focke, Geo. Rod.ek
and j.. r.. McCross0n. ~
Francis M Swanzy managing direc.
tor of Theo.f III! Davies 4 Company sta
ted last night that by far the larger
number of shareholders of Honol al and
Pacific are Americans and EnaIith
Both companies are American corpora,
tions. Messrs LAM and Foeke are
German citizens long resident in Ha.
wall; Mr.. Rodiek is an American citi-
zen as well as consul for Germany and
Mr. Schaefer has lived la, ,Hawaii over.
fifty years. Consul Gordon 3 attitude
is reported to have been based on the
citizenship Of these four directors who
represent the various shareholders in
INSTRUMENTATION. ts4'fa
Support Home Industries
. Mr.. Rodick said yesterday, tsyou, can
state that i as an American citizen,
believe in. supporting home industries. i
believe athe planters should buy their
sugar bags from the cotton farmers of
the Southern States I stand for the
principle of protection for, sugar and l.
think we ought ia, carry IL further and
buy all that wa can from our own poo
pie. Itake.this stand as a loyal Amer
lean. citizensp r4r aEattNs-h ,
George, Wilcox Of Kauai who was in
town last week, In discussing this mat.
ter said that he believes the sugar
planters Of this Territory ought to make
special effortsto got sugar containers
Of American manufacture. for handling
their crops FInthe past, he said, first
cost. has been the only cOnside ration in
buying sugar bags or any othor sup
plies. National lines are now being
moro strongly drawn than they were be
fore. the war and it woph make the
Hawaiian, position stronger If Hawaii
would give more consideration to the
establishment Of direct lines of trade
with mainland manufacturer, even if
the first cost Of supplies purchased were
higher. -. 80 ~