Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-22

steps TO awaken them 10 the true sit
uation, is clearly shown in letters
| from prominent men in all parts OF
the country, made public today by
the National Security League. These
| expressions were obtained by the
league by means OF a canvass Of he
leaders in its work throughout the
country, undertaken in connection
with its campaign OF patriotism
through eduCation, which the league
started some time ago.
The league declares. in me- =, ~ pub
| lie the results OF its CanNa-N. tAat II
shows that the country faces " grave
danger purely through the lgnutlnce
of the people; that there IS plenty OF
patriotism in all PARTS OF the Country,
but that il is latent; and that the peo-
pie Will not support the government
in the aggressive prosecution OF the
war unless they are awakened to the
fact that dangers really threaten
them.
A few Of the letters received by the
Security League read in part:
Charles J. Bonaparte, former I. 5.
encouragement and secretary OF. the
navy: Our declaration of war has
converted the pacifists, for practical
purposes, into Germans or pro-Ger-
mans. 1t is unquestionably true that
many Of our citizens do not under
stand the reasons for the war
Traitors Busy"
Lafayette Young, former I. S sena-
tor from Iowa, chairman of the Iowa
State Council OF Defense and of the
Des Moines branch of the National Sc
curity league: The people are not
yet sufficiently aroused and the trail
tors are busy at work. There are a
whole mess of traitors even in a state
like Iowa. There was never time
when courage was so much needed as
now. Germany has got this country
buffaloed. l tell you that Germany is
the most over-estimated country on
the globe. We have got to get at the
meat of things now. We've got to up
set the German empire by upsetting
the German people"
Sidney ]. Cats, governor of Flor
ida: I'VE made great mistake by
not being prepared. for military tri-
umphs and warfare. The cry for
peace, when there was no peace, has
moved over this country, fooling and
deluding the people, until this terri
Bile war with Germany has come
about, which finds US fully unpre-
pared"
T. l.. kirkpatrick, former mayor OF
Charlotte, n. c.: Our people here are
not aroused to a full sense of their
dangers"
Thomas Bauer, paper manufacturer,
Lafayette, Ind: There is undoubted-
ly lack of knowledge on the part of
a great many people of the reasons
why we are at war with Germany"
DR.. &. B. Burr, director of Oak
Grove hospital, Flint, Mich: This
nation must be fired with enthusiasm
Cor the war and complete cooperation
with the Allies or disaster will come.
There is nothing so important at the
present time as checking the activl-
ties of the pro-kaiser propagandists
and the pernicious efforts of the peace
mongers. Whether the latter are &C.
tuated by sinister motives or pure
stupidity makes no essential differ
ence."
Joseph NJ. Carey, former U. S. sem
ator and governor of Wyoming:
The people of the country, it appears,
are not uneasy-they are only I'M
happy that we are at war"
T. NJ. McCue, prominent lawyer of
Darlington, n. D.: Our young men
have all registered and are responding
70 NTH
resentment. but this is the result OF
a general disposition to obey law and
order rather than response from pa
triotic motives. When we find that
about so per cent of the young men
who are called for examination pur-
suant to the draft claim exemption
for one reason or another, it must be
apparent that there is an undercur-
rent that is very unpatriotic. SDon-
taneous enthusiasm is lacking. It Is
hard for the people to unG>rstand
that our country is ATTACKED"
"WaII Streets War"
st. Clair Adams, chairman of the
Louisiana division of the National Sc
curity League: The apathy existing
to more or less extent elsewhere
exists here, due to the same causes
the distance of the theater of war
from this country, the ignorance Of
the people as to Americas war OBJ
Jects, and to latent belief that we
are fighting the battle of other ma
TONS"
r. M. McClintock, managing editor
of the Wichita (kans.) Eagle:
There is strong prejudice through
out this state against men who have
made millions in big business. Such
men in Kansas. speaking from the
Wall street point of view, would but
lend point to the argument that this
is Wall streets war"
. ]. T. Hornell, president of the Cum.
berland Valley National bank, Nash.
vile, Tenn: There is much work
to be done in this locality to combat
opposition to the draft law
jeanette NJ. Reavill. Douglas, Wyo.:
my honest conviction is that the
only thing that will awaken my peo-
pie would be for a number of aero
planes to fly over the cities and drop
a few bombs"
c. D. Morris, owner Of the ST Jo-
seph (Mo.) Gazette: War senti-
ment in this city is all right, but the
rural sections of the Central West
are not enthusiastic"