The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
British and French Throwing
Wide Open To America,
Doors Of Information
SECRETS or WARFARE ARE
REVEALED TO UNCLE SAMUEL
Night Dinners and Dances IN
Vogue For Years, Discontin-
used BY Washington Clubs
BY ERNEST O. WALKER
(Mail Special to The Advertiser)

WASHINGTON, April 80 Response
Bile ofieialdom is literally sitting at the
feet Of the British and French missions |
that have come to Washington Of recent
DAYS. 1t is quite noteworthy that the
social aspects of such distinguished
immigration have been made very see.
ondary indeed. This, too, after q very |
gay social period at Washington.
There IS tremendous eagerness, on the
other hand, for the serious and matter
of-faet meetings which these commas
sioners are holding with the President,
with cabinet Officials and others. For
the British and French are throwing
the doors Of information wide open, az
Il were, and il is quite surprising to the
war department and navy department
and to the government personnel gen
orally TO See how very much there IL TO
learn lit8
For IL is generally understood that
the modern European war has become a
highly specialized business. II has I'm
portant scientific and professional de
velopments day by day and almost hour
by hour. Even those who have been IN
the thick Of il realize, as one Of the
British officers said here the other day,
that one may become stale by remain-
ING away in America for a few weeks.
We have had army observers and navy
obssrvars in Europe for the last two or
three years. Our diplomatic officials
have had opportunities to learn some!
thing of the secrets of mighty opera
tions between the contending nations,
hut ID remains that this government has
not been entirely on the inside. E. -.
Foreign Ministers Assist Government I
n - N n ts.,..t M
operating to put, President Wilson ana
i Nd war and navy secretaries in posses
sion Of all possible Information neees-
sary 10 efficient preparation. This in
formation Is Forthcoming now in such
profusion as to make II feasible fol. q
h much wider cirele.of men to be in the
KNOW and consequently enables this
contingent to work much more intelli'
gently. EG& ~ s'.,g & -
Furthermore, the character and scope
of the enormous war operations are be-
ing yisualized TO Washington as never
before. The army and navy attaches
~ the two missions are mingling much
with their professional brethren of the
two services. The newspaper men have
found the members of the missions toll
erably accessible, and this makes copy
for pieturing to the country more, about
the meaning Of the war. .i.. .
washington Realizes situation
=. The influence of all this is being
demonstrated right here in Washing,
ton and very quickly, IT seems that
Washington, community eot 39o,ooV
people, is waking luP to realHation
of the serious features Of strugg"
with Germany. Gaieties are being eur
tailed. The board of governors of the
n, hax uata1 This xVpnk
T TO discontinue Wednesday night dinners
and DANCES. which have been in such
popular. social vogue for years As tt
have become almost one of the soeia
institutions of Washington. There hai
also been diseOntinuanee of the q Il
carte service in the restaurant and thu
reason for both changes Is understood
10; be that the management should be u
keeT,irg with similar curtailments o.
;. expcnse likely to be. praetised by PEG
ME Throughout the country. The Arm,
md Navy Club, which for years ha
had Thursday night dinners and dances
similar to those of Wednesday ut TIL
Chevy Chase Club, except that one wa
In town and the other in a Maryland
suburb, is understood to be planning
similar changes. ...@s,s (
South Is Apathetic ,.s.a.a..
-- Washington has been hoping, un
doubtedly with all the rest of the coun
try, that a combat in the trenches wit
Germany need not be thought OF, ~
p E deed prominent North Carolina poll
tician, while here a few days agt
when asked why the Tarheels were NO
D. ,enlisting, said It Was because they di
not believe there would be any wal
The British and French missions hay
"a ar thia m
sion with people here. Although
may eyentuate that an American arm
Win not have TO face Germans on tn
battlefield, the folly of proceeding q
Z such theory Is dawning fully upo
congress aud the Washington cuntiI
gent in general 81. = 49, 3 s.. f.
Presumably the same IDEAS are &c
ting rooted in the States, 80 that III
interest in full war preparedness WI
spread. This would be a very helpf'
condition, because il is recognized thu
With all the great energy that the go
eminent is throwing into the war pr
partitions and with all that has bee
done in the States, more people shoul
understand what task is Mt han
fheyfean help in great many wa.
and round out the perfection of wOl
that is under way, p
Ideas Not Yet Adjusted ,..
America goes ahead little more IA
idly, perhaps than her British cousi
+: hut, after all, sentiment here is passiI
~ through about the same stages as
passed through in England. We ha'
not fully adjusted our ideas yet to Il
fact that the Nation is at war al
probably win not until our pocketboo
b2gin to feel IL, Around the ways A.
mems committee at the Capitol TIN
are saying that the fMtheoming i
venue bill promises to make the Anne
can people recognize the state Of W
more keenly than ever before aud h