The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-17
POSTMASTERSH|P
OF HAWAII STILL
HANGSUNSETTLED
Washington Not Likely To Move
Until After Congress Con-
venes In December .,..
VACANCY LEFT BY JUDGE
STUART STILL UNTITLED
President Believed To Be Indis.
posed To Make Recess Ap-
pointments At This Time
By ERNEST @. WALKER
lMail Special to The Adnertiser !

Dy ShNboT ". WALKER -
mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, October 31--Post.
master-General Burleson seemed the
other day on the point of designating
new postmaster for Honolulu. The
selection of this official has been in
allegiance for several months FINALLY
it was determined not to try to do apy.
thing, at least till after election. This
may mean that no nomination will be
made till congress assemblies. That. of
course, is only about Eve weeks AWAY.
NO lntlmations are given at the de.
Partment as to who is being favorably
considered for the postmastership. ..
~lmiIrrly, there is nothing doing"
about the nomination of O new Judge
III place of Stuart. Officials at the de-
Partment of justice say there is mas
terly inactivity in all such matters of
patronage at this juneture and no dis.
position to take up such questions for
the present. That probably will be
deferred till congress reassembles.
Inc President, presumably, will, not
care TO make a recess appointment
when congress is so near at hand. The
new Official would hardly qualify under
his recess appointment before a nom.
ination to the senate would be in order.
Washington Busy Again
Now matters should begin to look IN
little at Washington, after an inter.
regnum of inactivity for couple of
months. The campaign has drawn so
heavily on the energies of public men
and federal officials that tasks at the
Capital have been neglected. A fort
night or so may be necessary for re.
cuperatiOn, but colder weather and ne.
cessity of preparing for the winter will.
be an impetus for a goodly number to
hasten to their permanent quarters. A.
very busy, although it be a short sea
son, is ahead in winding up the affairs
OF the old administration and making
arrangements for the new administ
ton. ." , -
1t will by no means be a winter of
routine business, although the more i'm
b portant matters are not usually formu.
lated at such flag end periods. With
foulf federal voting done, authorities the
+, d over will know just whom to
" = ysqlfor the next four years. Much
ailnav a and international activity
87FI Eape itself accordingly The
.XAThM agitation will take a rest, for
~ as to Mexico, Germany and
Ior']HH Britain have been pretty we'll |
'"S l0i by the President. In general |
u Po y Will be easy to predicate what |
"aras Z expected. Negotiations and |
h4INt will be resumed accordingly.
Z line Question
- - German submarine question, as |
,Sh''shleh there, has been much uneasi. |
IFaIn : d. az h.
mAhstU SO at Newport and the subse.
Innent ,torpedoing of merchant ships in
nearby waters, is to the fore again.
The public is very sensitive about the
destruction of merchantmen near Amer
lean shores-the bringing of war to
our very doors-because their is appre.
hensiOn lest American citizens become
involved and lose their lives, and the
renewed activity abroad is viewed with
some alarm. Only a spark would be
necessary to kindIe a great national
Indignation. The fact that the Ger.
man submarine off Nantucket observed
scrupulously the methods of operation
that Secretary Lansing exacted last
winter has prevented tremendous out
bursts of protest.
Another acute international topic
for the moment is Britain s restrictions
upon sea trade. No matter what the
justice of the scrutiny of the mails may
be, or the warrant for the blacklist, a
general feeling turks that these things
bode trouble in the relations of the
two countries unless there be some re-
lief. The economic agreement of the
Allies regarding trade and supplies in
creases the feeling of annoyance. 1t
is not anticipated that this agreement
will work any hardship TO the United
States during the European war but its
possibilities after the war are disquiet-
ing. So it is that comment about the ,
necessities of cOunter-efforts fourishes.
The state department and the Presi- {
dent were given authority by congress :
to strike back at European nations dis
eliminating against the trade and prod.
ucts of the United States but matters q
have not come TO such a pass that the I
exercise of this authority has seemed I
cxpediont. .
Bring Pressure To Bear
Possibly il is of more importance to n
business here that the misunderstood, v
ings with Great Britain over the mails 2
aud the blacklist be cleared up annie. O
ably. 1t has been well nigh impossible
to accomplish much in that direction I
Of late but there will shortly be more n
calm and better opportunity for resum- n
ing negotiations on this side of the wa c
ter nj least. 4
The prospects certainly are that o
eventually Great Britain will be- press. d
I'd very hard to modify certain of her II
undertakings, The conviction that the ii
British have abstained from ruthless D
ness and from ininrics 20 tbo Hyos oF =
imericans-which the Germans have II
Iot--tempcrs the attitude of the state 3,
department. materially. There Is feel. r,
rg that the British government should a
De given every reasonable chance toll IL
n"ifv her course, with hope that II
he problems may largely solve them y