The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-04
Man Less Than Man Who Pro-
teets. Not His Own, Says I'd
Reverend Laughton .
INSISTS NATIONAL HONOR b
MUST BE SAFEGUARDED
Murders Of Citizens Must Not Go
Unpunished He Tells
MiIitiamen

Il 80. /.
Rev. George taughton the chaplain Of
Second Regiment, n, q, H., while re.
Gently on a vacation In Kona, address.
ed the members Of the company Of the
guards recruited near .Kealakekua on
preparedness. During the speech he
said that he did not believe in the sen.
timents expressed by Rev. A.. A. EBer.
sole at the recent meeting of the par.
euts at Punahou,, when the matter OF
military training, for, the children Of
the college was taken up. J.. Reverend
Mr., Laughton who is the pastor of the
Foreign Church In Hilo and one Of the
most popular devines in the Islands
among other things regarding the sub
ject said, 5,sI,a. ~, -. !.
,s ,' Now we do know that for the past
forty years. the nations of Europe have
been spending billions of dollars ANN.
ally in preparedness, and spending
these enormous sums Of money in the
belief that by such an expenditure
peace could be maintaiHed. =, But be-
eanse Of the fact that Europe was an
arlnsd camp, that its titled rulers be,
| lieYed in the potency, of the mailed fist
its civilization has been deluged in Q
eataclysm of blood. So il is safe ia
say that IL these nations who are now
at each other 3 tthroats had been az
little prepared for sustained conflict
as the United States at present is, there
would been no war. . ~ T.. Z. -, w..
| w. These people also say-against
whom shall we arm ourselvesf From
whom should we fear. inyasion3 If the
present struggle continues for Ii years
more, as there is every. likelihood il
will, then every nation at war, with the
exception perhaps of Great Britain and
Russia. viii be reduced to such a state
Of financial depletion and military i'm
potenee, that ii would not be able t.
send an expeditionary force against
even the small rriucipality Of Mont,
Carlo. SO they tell us that the cry foi
preparedness Is 2 cry born of paseles'
| Now IL is nit my purpose this af
ternoon to reply at length to, these OBJ
jeetions. II had the time have moi
the will. But We must not forget that
there are dangers besides that of armed
invasion confronting us in these uncer
tain times There is the danger tina,
the citizens of this country, bent OF
their own legitimate missions, may lose
their lives. There is the danger that
our commerce may be .mduly interfered
with. There is the danger that our
honor may be Violated. In my own pri
vate life may well ignore the petty
prosecutions, annoyances, and misunder
standings to which some misguided maj
| may subject me. But, if that man in
his madness does me personal violence
deseerates my home, and inficts name,
less injury on my loved ones, why then,
before the Eternal / am not called up,
on TO submit to that treatment, and by
the Eternal / am less than a man if /
do submit to it.
Gas with individuals, so with ma,
tons. Pulling out the Eagles tan
feathers may not be a cause for war
But If a nation s citizens are brutalIy
done TO death, il they are unlawfully
imprisoned. if the women and children
are outraged, and if its protests go un
needed, then that nation is justified il
it rises like the judgements of God tc
sweep the oppressor to his DOOM
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