Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-05
A COMMENT ON CLeARYs REPLY

Dec. /. 1911.
Editor S:G@Bul!etin.
Sir: May be accorded the priyi-
| lege Of your columns 70 take issLe
with Jack u. Cleary with reference 70
| his explanation ard plea 10 the C!ti-
zens OF this community concerning
his actions which led up 10 his dis
charge by his late employers? In the
| first place | desire 10 state distinct
| ly that my remarks are made adT's
eddy, with extreme emphasis, withrIt
| heat. and with nothing but the ale,
sympathy for the innocent r"O arc
made TO suffer through the ACTORS
Of others.
an not acquainted with lie mar,
bat have heard a great deal concern
| ing him and his Hunni8h Utterancns
for some time past and have seen the
copy Of that spurious publication
| "Viereck's Weekly" formerly issued
under the name OF The Fatheriand
in which his poem was printed and
must confess that ny blood has H0iL
| ed over his traitOrCus conduct.
| Jack d. Cleary states that his &C
tions of August last year were quite
| within the law" How this claim can
| be reconciled with the neutral stand
| every American citizen was supposed
| to take at that time fail TO see; AID
| would specifically point out here
| that his actions took place after the
| rape Of Belgium and the sinking Of
! the Lusitania. He claims to have been
| trying to do for Ireland what the
| patriot fathers did for America, v
| there is not the slightest parallel in
the premises-they took their own
| stand and fought for it. he hid under
the cloak OF the citizenship Of his
| adopted country-and am of the firm
belief that this citizenship would
have been denied him if the proper
authorities had known his views when
it was sought.
Did Jack D Clcarv have any
| thought for those of his own who
might be made to suffer through his
actions or any consideration for other
| innocent ones who have gone through
the Valley of Sorrow" by the terrible
losses and sacrifices they have borne?
| think not, and | speak with deep
feeling on this point, for my wife, who
| is Of British birth, of which fact l am
exceedingly proud, has already lost
two of her next of kin who quit them
selves like men" and died in the de
Tense of their country.
Jack D. Cleary claims to have been
faithful to his employers for the last
seven years" but l will contradict
that statement fatty and undertake
to show him and others of his ilk that
he has on the contrary been a traitor
Of the lowest type due undoubtedly
to the peculiar perverted mental
twist he has acquired from his Hun
nish teachers. His former employers,
some of whom are personal friends OF
mine, are stockholders in a corpora
tion originally founded by British
capital, and If / am correctly inform
ed considerable amount of that
British capital is still invested in this
corporation alongside of good Ameri
can capital, and yet this man claims
to have been faithful" nothwith.
standing the fact that in his con.
temptible attempt to stab his mother
country in the back in her hour of
direst need - the hour when every
man, whatever his differences of any
and all kinds, was willing to put them
aside for the time and stand shoulder
to shoulder with his countrymen
against a common enemy-he through
these attempts made a direct effort
against the very business life of his
employers.
A number of the ablest writer's of
the times have warned Americans re-
peatedly Of the INSCRIPTIONS and pre-.
meditated double-dealing of the Pots.
dam gang, and also of the fact that
when cornered their perfidious
agents will be the first to whine"
and plead for mercy; and for that rea-
son and relying upon the Judgment
of these same writer's, desire to
point out to my fellow citizens that
it will be suicidal and derelict for us
to allow our better judgment to be
set aside in dealing with the enemy
in our midst and in fact that we shall
be "slackers" of the worst kind if we
do not protect our own country, kin.
dred and homes to the EXTREMIST eff.
forts possible and assist in placing
the traitors where they can do no
harm. do not undertake to prophesy
but mark you we'll, Mr. Editor, to my
mind the indications of the times to
come are that they be those that will
try the very souls of men.
With pride and deep gratitude that
l was born and bred an American, l
am, Sincerely.
W. II. SOPER.
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