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be carried too fdr-at any rate in re-
gard To America. whose syinpathies
and whose friendship have always
been given 50 generously To that tight
little island over the water from whose
quiet places 81 many OF the original
pioneers " the United States set Out
in the old days. | believe. therefore.
that a character sketch OF King
George will he at this moment Of great
interest TO American readrs.
England is n democracy which main
tslns u monarch and paradoNical as
i may seem that monarch is the first
democrat IN the iand-if by democrat
IL meant Il man who works 10 MAIN
tain the freedom uf his people. Like
the son Of any other English father.
George '. underwent the ordinary and
strenuous training OF a sailor. He
passed through osborne. the naval
school, and served as a midshipman
on board Il warshlp. lie was pro-
noted IN the ordinary way after he
had passed the necessary eXamlna-
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That was very clever In L.essler.
gentlemen, but YOU have all heard
him say that he wrote my remarks,
80 IL there is going to Do any - after
/ get through 1t should be placed be-
o his name.
"But speaking of how you may feel
after l conclude delivering Lessler's
speech makes me think OF an occasion
when | was travelling through the
South and came upon "A darky sitting
beside the road and every few seconds
hitting himself on the head with a
large stone. ! stopped quite naturally
and asked:
"'Aly man, why are you hitting
yourself?'
"'Bec'cas. s'd,' he said, II feels so
good wen / stop
after learned that ] was to speak
here tonight | went around 10 Less
ler's office and asked him what |
should talk about. About "a minute
he replied. But ] said, what do YOU
think OF my execution I'm in favor
u! IT, said he.
"'Come 10 think OF it, I.essler CON
tinucd. why should you speak any
N"N N''I . Wv . W. I N'''N i'i''l
there il any particular reason. | once
knew n .janitor on IA boat, and then
again my family physician once
told me that / had n floating kidney.
But that was n long time ago"
Seaman Murphy Went on in this
nautical fashion for some timo and
probably would have gone on even
longer II n party Of ah!ebodicd sea-
men. headed by Capt. Arthur N.
Smith, WHO il superintendent of the
Standard on COmpany's floating
equipment except when tho Marine
Society gives AN annual banquet, had
not stood up In the rear ~ the room
with their heads close together ana
started that gray haired marine bal
lad, Fifteen men on a dead mans
chest, hey. no, hum and II bottle of
rum" This refrain seemed to mean
eight bells for the li6th annual ban
quet Of the Marine Society and shall.
In like fashion, mean the same for
this account ~ that banquet.
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II here is TO Il. Here is to II on
the occasion Of its 1iGth birthday, celo-
brated last Monday night in the Ark
wright club. There IL onlv one So
ciety in he state which is older. That
society is the Chamber Of Commerce.
There's not time nor space to enumcr-
ate the things which have made the
Marine Society famous, but to mention
only one: George Washington was a
member.
Before | came to this celebration"
said former Congressman Less!er
when the dinner was over and fresh
wine had been placed upon the tables.
Il looked the menu over pretty care
fully but l could not find anywhere
any reference to potatoes. So | de-
cided 10 bring my own Murphy with
me, and ] have kept him close beside
me Gust here al my right, 10 he eX-
act) from II start.
TO
the dictionary. ARE made up OF water,
starch ana something else which has
slipped my mind for the moment, but
my Murphy Is made up of wind. |
have written his speech for him, be
'illNt hN U'loTItN 10 inns society IL
would not have been fitting for me to
be- too funny. So when YOU hear the
things he has TO say you will know
that IL Is really | who am speaking
and may find what solace is possible
in that reflection"
Mr.. Murphy rose,
Capt. Proctor and all The other
captains" said Seaman Murphy. ~
have always understood that my name
was Henry A. Murphy, but when |
glanced AT the programme this even
ing | found that it is Henry ID. Muir
ply. ! turned To my friend L.essler
and ! said to him:
''Why is my name down Henry ID.
Murphy"
"'Well,' said L.essler, 4 know that
your name is Henry A., but the ID was
placed there at my special orders. be-
cause ] knew that that letter would
perfectly express the feelings Of the
guests after they had heard you
! speak,
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outraGes or ate proved 10 have been
assisting the enemy. either directly or
indirectly, it * he who Is held ac-
Countable.
10 him belongs III. duty of prevent
ing the admission into the United
Kingdom OF every alien who cannot
show an entirely clean bill OF health
as a citizen OF a neutral country. In
Ill the restoration of peace. 10 Cor
eIguer "a hope to visit. reside or
even land On British soil without his
authority, and what is more, no Eng
lish subject can leave the country
without his warrant and consent. In
ordinary line his authority is of the
most far reaching and extensive ma
ture. since lie is entrusted with the
execution not only OF the written. but
also of the unwrltteu law. Since the
beginning of tho war his powers have
become virtually immeasurablc.
originally there WIS only one Sec
rotary Of state in Great Britain. lie
"A i'm reality tn" chief secretary to
the sovereign, IL bcluG his duty 10 con-
duCt his royal masters correspondence
and to communicate his commands in
writing Ia the high officers of state
when these fuuctlonarics did q re-
ceive them verbally from the monarch
IN person. Until the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth the dignitary In question
was known as the Kings Secretary"
Il was the Virgin Queen who first
gave To Robert Cecil. son Of the great
Lord Eurlcigh, the title Of "Our Iriu-
ciptl Secretary OF state" and there j.
in existence in the national library of
the British Museum, in London. a
pamphlet written 10y him after his
elevation To the Earldum of Salisbury.
entitled The state and Dignity OF Il
Secretary 81 States Place. with III"
Care and Peril Thereof" in winch he
desc, ibr> the duties Of his office. The
opening paragraph Of the pamphlet j.
Just az opposite To-day as II waS in
the time when It WAS peuucd. II runs
AS follows:
"All officers and councillors Of the
sovereign have a prescribed authority
by patent, hy commission or by oath,
the Secretary ullN excepted. Eat e.
the Secretary, out of a confidence and
singular affection, there ~ a liberty In
negotiate at discretion at home and
abroad, with friends and enemies, in
MI matters Of speech and intelligence.
All servants of the Crown deal upon
strong and wary authority. They
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B L YOUNG SHIPPERS CELEBRATE
REVIVAL OF u. S. MERCHANT MA INF

THE very distinguished young
man who stood ut the wheel
of the old Squire rugged packet
ship James Foster. ,Ir., which
might have been seen sailing up
Broadway from the Battery last Mon
day night in a stormy sea was Capt.
Edward Abeel.
The street was lined thick with
many an old sea captain, rudy OF
face and sturdy Of build, who cheered
and cheered again as the James Fos-
ter. Jr., her sails bellying out in the
stiff breeze. laid IA straight course be-
tween the skyscrapers for the Ark
wright club at 800 Broadway, a mod
orn structure beside the James Fos-
TER. Jr., but not too modern for such
= hale and hearty Young fellow ny
Edward Ahcel. ~ years Of age,
On the deck Of the Old vessel and
In the rigging, hanging ON like flies.
we're the sailors Of the crew, gymnaSts
by trade AZ well AZ able bodied sea-
men, hale and hearty. too, and Of such
vigOr as to put 10 shame the punN
crew OF any steel and iron. 10000 ton
steamcr that ever crept 10y Miss LIB
erty. The ships band played THE
star Spanglcd Banner and the old
captains 81 the curb joined In the
chorus with lusty voices that many
a time had hawlcd their orders into
the teeth of Il sixty mile gale
1t was in "A way "a remarkable sight.
As tho ship progressed capt. Abecl
bowed IN the left and bowed 10 the
right. In the great procession follow
ing In the wake were. or should have
been, such youngsters as Mavor
Mitchell, Woodrow Wilson, cot Roose-
welt. Mr., Taft and everybody ANA any
body, all Of them out to pay homage
10 Capt. Abccl, who can recall the
glad days when American ships flying
the American flag sailed the seven
eeas and entered every port that IL
o port worthy of the name,
Everything has an end. ana nj last
the James Foster, .Jr., came about
her sails Hopping in the breeze. and
young Capt, Abeel clambered over the
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warrant Disbursements as tTrasur.u
They enter into conference with a,
emies az generals, g.. in commissior.
in executing offices by patents and ~
structions. Only the Secretary =,
State has no warrant or commission
This' ancestor of the present N,,
quis Of Salisbury then goes on To sho,
how the duties OF Secretary OF s,a,.
practically included then, az they a.
to-day. all those which are not Other.
wise definitely assigned 10y pa,en,
oath or commission.
In course of time the work becam.
too onerous for one Secretary Of SAT.
and two We're appointed. one known a,
the Secretary of the North and IN.
other ~ the Secretary Of the Sou,b
The former had charge of foreign ~.
fairs. whereas the Secretary of IN.
South was entrusted more particulars
with the affairs of the United King.
dom. Ireland. the colonies. and even
the southeast of Europr
This arrangement continued IN.
near the close Of the eighteenth cen.
fury. when the responsibilities Of IN.
foreign department were more strictly
defined, and a third Secretaryship O,
State was created. namely. that O,
War. which was also given control O,
the colonies. At the outbreak OF IN,
Crimean war n Secretary Of State TO-
the Colonies was called INTO existence
in order TO relieve tn "verburdeneg
War Department OF the colonial bus
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Successor to Sir John Simon, the First
Processing Jew to Hold Similar
Office in England

liz required ~ hold In check the activi-
ties of the ordinary criminal and of
his anarchist confreres. and to main
tain q constant watch over the latter.
both at home and abroad. He has
charge Of all prisons, reformatories and
lunatic a%syluns, as well as of the eff-
cient inspection by the Government OF
factories, mines, explosives, railroads,
&c. with a view to the enforcement OF
the legislation for the protection Of
the citizens and VI the working classes.
IL there IL any miscarriage OF mag
~isterial justice in London or IN the
provinces he IL empowered and re-
quired to set It right. In fact. there ie
no end to the demands upon his atten-
ton and care. For he IL. In the words
Of the law. responsible to the Crown
and to the nation for the maintenance
of the Kings peace, for the enforce
ment of the laws of the land and for
the application OF all the rules. written
and unwritten. for the welfare OF the
community"
In times OF peace tho Home Secre-
tary If entrusted with the grant Of let
tsrs of naturalization. which are only
issued IN Great Britain after Consid-
cradle research and investigation Of
the antecedents Of the applicant. He
IL also charged with the enforcement
of the laws dealing with undesirable
aliens. while since the beginning of the
present war he has further had on
fided to him the application OF all those
measures enacted by Parliament or
decreed by the Crown, through orders
in council. for the supervision and in
ternment OF subjects OF the hostile
Powers. II n OF them remain at
large and render themselves guilty OF
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ships side and alighted nimbly right
in front of Number 800.
Hip, hip. hurrah." called out Cant.
Howard Higgins. six feet six in his
stocking feet and the finest living en-
ample, always excepting Capt. Abeel,
of IA young sailing ship skipper 10 he
found on any quarter deck.
Hip, hip, hurrah!" chimed in n
score of other young salt>,
The merchant marine forever"
called out the Rev. DR.. Howard DUFF
field. generally to be found at the Old
First Presbyterian Church in lower
Fifth avenue, but on this occasion
acting a. yell leader for all sailors in
general.
Yes, and with American captains"
shouted Skipper IT, A. DE Lima,
And with American crews" Joined
in MONTAGUE L.essler, once a Congress-
mar from Staten Island but now
merely an able speaking seaman.
The sailors, tho sailors.
'iol bless 'em. every one
wouldn't be a shoreman
For II gallon full OF rum"
This bit OF marine romanticism
slluItIllN bulSl 1bT1l rom me tnfDltS
OF the crew Of the James Foster, ,Ir..
as those huskies threw themselves
over the ships rail and leaped to the
wharf beside Captain Abeei and the
great throng OF notables who had
gathered there 10 welcome back the
American merchant marine after its
Information of more than half a cen-
tury, The refrain was picked M by
al! the old sea captains ana to It they
proceeded to Chamber up the ropes and
ladders to the lookout on the sixteenth
floor of No, 800, where the Arkwright
club IL located,
silence in the banquet room. Knives
and forks cease Gathering; walters
cease rafting dishes, Everybody, and
that includes $50 old sea captains,
stands up.
"Gentlemen," says Capt. Joseph w.
Proctor, who in his day has command
cd many a square rugged vessel,
Gentlemen. here's to the Marine So
cirty Of the City OF New York"
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tiOus and tests. lie rubbed shoulders
with his fellow sailors as all other
Englishmen do. acquiring that mag
nihCent sense OF duty aud discipline
which i the backbone OF that service.
These We're the happiest days Of his
LIFE, for then he did not carry upon
his shoulders the heavy load OF re-
sponsihility that was shifted Ia them
when his father died. Later IN life,
In order that his perspective might lie
widened and that he might become
acquainted with the sons OF the
motherland IN the overseas colonies,
he travelled widely. visiting Canada.
Australia. New Zealand. South Africa
and India. During those tours he
made good friends and showed that he
possessed great gifts as a public
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State was created. namely. '.tl o..
India.
To-day the Sovcreicn's Sc....s'
from being little more tiaH A m.r
clerical instrument IN mcdurNa' ME-
has developed into five Secretaries "
State who, w!thou; IN az, q i'-.a-
turc, but solely 10y virtue If ,',s' '..
written laws which 10 to make .p ''
British Constitutions, haN" u.I. red
such importance that the s.rN'ule q
one or another of them * req 49," ..
leCalI2e every at of tho crow. .'"
whose authority TO use ia" Mugs
name, defined 10y no patent a." 'r-
mission. cannot he disputed lF .'
II except the King hm.e, IT,
Secretaries Of State are ufs"'"."f
with their liberty and with '..r
To Parliament for the oo's'''H' '.
and judiciuUs exercise ot 80" r''rois'
lives Of the Crown. ana lu '..
ent distribution Of f'" ,' "a.
statesmen Of more or ''.s ,n'I
authority perform On, jlu''.o'- "
Government WISH a." It. .....''
powers and unlimited aU'to,.
Thus, IN spite ot tho" l' ~.
Secretaries ot STATE. l.''
in reality bat me tho dtN.~ ". off,.
work beinc m,J,ly "a Wn'.''
rangemout for 81" mu'" '.
transaction Of business. T. 20
tary # state his th" pow
act the business o' - ,
leagues should or,a~.ou
tarrr .S nothing 20 Igr'.'.
-, 900 So.
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speaker with a frank direct and fear
less GtteranCe.
He served also a. q soldier and made
II his business to understand the arts
~ diplomacy. In a word. the pres
ent King Of England has been. and
st!!l IL. n British workingman. earn
ing his daily bread like any other
f'nglishman and maintaining his posi-
ton as King by the sweat of his brow.
| doubt whether there Ia any man
living IN England to-day whose work.
ing hours are So long and arduous or
whose responsibilities are greater or
are borne more earnestly.
1t IL said by those people IN are
n untravelled that the
King OF England Is a cipher In his own
country--a curious and rather pathetic
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His Majesty inspecting his troops. He takes great interest in the army

work throughout every hour of the
night II day, and 10 whose glory all
the best of Great Britain ana ireland
aud her colonies is serving a. home
and in the trenches.
This Is, | think, peculiarly ,harac-
teristic of England It'll outcom. Of
that phase of insularlty and national
pride which Is generally misundcr-
stood. 1t IL an English habit not TO
care what others may think of their
leaders. their opinions, their ideals or
their efforts. The I.nglishman says
that he knows the worth or the USE
lessnesS of these men n these eff
forts, and what his next IGOR neigh
Dor thinks Of them doesn't matter.
To my mine this point of view may
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"a stickler for etiquette. as all sailors
are, and honest and honorable in all
his dealings with men and matters.
Very much alive to his great respon-
sibiities, he devotes himself heart and
soul to his job. rarely taking a holiday.
with very little time for social affairs.
In person he Is slightly built. but
wiry. He wears the pointed beard Of
a sailor man and Is by no means
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relic Of dead days. There was never a
mistake 80 great as this. Like Queen
Victoria and the late King Edward.
King George IL the head Of the Consti-
tuition OF England.
He liz In a sor Of way the referee of
the two political teams elected by the
country and sent to the House of Com
mons to do It's work. He stands aside
from their constant Just az
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&C Five, the Democrat
Who Rules Great Britain
King Really a Hard Working Sovereign
and Not a Mere Figurehead,
Says Cosmo Hamilton

Cosno Hamilton, author of THE Blindness Of Virtue" and other
plays. served in England as q member of the anti-Zeppsin corps Per-
haps the most interesting Of his experiences were At Sandnngham.
whittier no was sent o assist in the protection Of the Kings country
house. He had abundant opportunity there of observing George v,
who o n one occasion with Queen Mary and Princess Mary sat o n . gun
carriage watching the Zeppeins wingng their way TO London.
Sandringham on that occasion W q the only house in the entire
neighborhood that was lighted up. When the engineer approached him
with q request Il be allowed to darken the premises King George
emphasized No" with the remark that he W a going to have his
dinner as usual. He went in to dinner and later came out to watch the
Zeppeiins.
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Nv COsNO UtNILTON.

"HERE At" few men connected
with the great war whu re-
ceive ~ little written attention
as the King Of England. Here
1n America the part taken by
George V. in the affairs of his ~
try is almost unknown. That Is in no
way surprising when one realizes that
n certain number Of English people
themselves do not know anything Of
the vast 10 of daily work he does
an close touch with his Ministers.
George Y. Is like the late Lord Roo
erH. that wonderful little man the
very sight of whom awoke loyalty and
enthusiasm. He doesn't advertise. 1t
Is a curious thing that while there are
"a hundred pens busilv and constantly
at work drawing true and imaginary
word pictures of the Kaiser, the Ear
and other reigning mouarchs. no one
has taken the trouble 10 CAV a knowl-
edgable and human picture ~ that
allght, rather delicate looking. digni-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-19

nings, E. L. Miner, w. j. White, Mrs.
W.. j. White, VIM. T. Balding, Mrs.
VIM. T. Balding, Miss Frances Brown,
son, e. A. Mott-Smith, Judge w. Stan
ley, H. r. Robinson, Miss s. Friedman,
Miss Estelle GUILTY, Miss Katherine
Cherrill, Mrs A. Mcdowell, Miss N.
Hightower, Miss E. T. Bayley, Mrs:
Jessie Dutot, Miss Lena Johnson, Mr..
Prelor, S. F. Beatty, d. C. Lindsay,
Mrs. NJ. G. Aldrich, Master Norman
Greig, Mrs. Norman Greig, NJ. San
dona, Mrs. NJ. Sandona, Chas. Nelson,
J. p Howatt, A. D. Silva, R. E. Cour-
sen, Mrs. R. E. Coursen, w. d. Ward,
Mrs. w. d. Ward, Miss c. S. Wight,
Mrs. H. Brabant, Arthur Hudson,
Mrs.. Arthur Hudson, Miss G. Kinney,
Mrs. A. C. Rothrock, H. p Patton, Mrs.
H. P. Patton, Miss S. Carey, Mrs. T.
c. Holland, Mrs. j. j. Carey, Mrs. Es-
Their Shepherd, Miss Annabell McMur-
ray, Mrs. C. v. Cameron, Mrs. A. Eu-
-phrat, DR.. Alfred F. Hopkins, Mrs Al
fred Hopkins, Mrs. Daywalt, Mrs. r.
P. Walsh, Mrs. r. Anderson, G. L.
Keeney, Mrs. G. L. Keeney, Miss Lu-,
cia Morris, Mrs. Eliz. Andrus, Miss
Alice Brown, Mrs. Hagens, E. D. Ten
ney, J. A. Grau, Mrs. ]. A. Grau, Geo.
Sherman, Mrs. Geo. Sherman, Mrs.
Thos Wall, Mrs Davis, Miss Wall,
Mr.. Henshaw, DR.. Geo. Herbert, Hen
ry A. HIM, A. w. Games, Jas. F. Fen
wick, j. K Farley, Mrs. ]. X. Farley,
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Geo. Herbert, Miss
Harriet Rice, Master A. H. Rice, Jr.,
Mrs. Arthur Rice, John Dryden, Jr.,
Mrs. John Dryden, Jr, C. w. Spitz,
Allan Herbert, DR.. Oliver T. Hyde,
Empson Hyde, Mr. Brown, Mrs.
Brown, Philip Rice, Mrs. Philip Rice,
A. G. Curtis, Mr.. White. Henry E.
Walker, H. Stanley, A. F., Hayward,
w. H. Schoening, Mrs. Nellie Close,
c. D. Lufkin, Mrs. E. Neumann, Mrs
Chas. Drew, ]. Richards and Frank
Crawford -. ::.. 49,.
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VESSELS TO DEPlRf

Friday, Oct. 20.
Maui-Mauna Loa, IL. str.
Observation-Disclosures, IL. str.
Saturday, Oct. ~.
Hilo-Mauna Kea, IL. str.
-. - + Sunday, Oct. %
!. - mo ships leave)
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SIBERIA MARU HAS COST Tx.
EXACTLY Three COOL MILLIONS

| the Nippon. Maru and Persia Maru,
the latter having been his last com.
mand. Chief Officer ]. Yawata is an
old T. K. K man; Purser E. A. Seeley
has been in the T. K. KS employ four
years, serving as freight clerk on the
Chiyo and Tenyo and for the last two
years in the Togo Kisen Kaishas San
Francisco offices. Chief Engineer e..
Ishii was chief of the Chiyo when she
was lost Dr. l.. c. Scully, ships sur
geon, is a former Southern Pacific
medical man, while Chief Clerk N
Hasegawa is another Chiyo survivor
The Siberias gross tonnage is now
11,790.53 and her net 611240, about
900 tons more than when she was a
Pacific Mail boat The crew is 29U
men. of whom As are officers.
AS she is today, painted the regula-
ton colors of the T. K. K, renovated
and refitted sumptuously, the Siberia
Maru represents an investment Of
So ,000, 900. The Togo Kisen Kaisha
paid $2,250,000 for her and spent
$4,000 more fitting her for the trans
pacific service.
Briefly, the changes in the Siberia
since she was taken. over by the T..
K. K. were outlined Wednesday by
Purser E. A. Seeley as follows:
The old smoking room, which was
aft on B deck, has been cut up into
seven staterooms and a new smok-
ing and lounge room built on A deck.
A number OF first-class staterooms aft
on the starboard side of c deck have
been cut into large, rooms to. accom-
modate 53 second-cabin passengers.
The Siberia is now licensed to carry
1872 first-cabin Go or IS less than for
merlyl, SO second-cabin tnone Of this
class was carried before) and 59i
steerage, about the same as when she
was Pacific Mailer.
Passengers brought to Honolulu
Wednesday by the Siberia Maru were
Is first-cabin, five second and 2S6
Asiatics. Freight for this port was
1867 measurement tons. Through pas
sengers are 80 first-cabin, 80 second
and las ASiaticS. -.