The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-23
Clean Up OrBe Cleaned Up

TIME San Francisco Examiner warns its conmu-
nifty that unless the sales'of intoxcants to SOL
diers and sailors the federal authorities will
take the necessary steps to close the saloons, while
the loyal majority in the Statowiil vote California
dry as deserved slap, 70 the REASONABLE ones in
the booze business faHa
What may happen in California will certainly
happen here if present conditions prevail. The
civilian interests of Oahu are as, nothing compared
10 the military interests here AL the present time
in the eyes Of the federal goVdfiirnenti Week by
week this island becomes more and more big
army camp and as such It is regarded by the war
department We have become an army camp with
d civilian fringe, not simply civilian community
with an army camp in our midst, and the sooner
we recognize this transformation the better.
In discussing the San Francisco situation, the
Examiner says: ..
The warning which The Examiner has given the city
authorities time and again In these editorial columns
has been amplfed by federal judge in open court
Unless the police authorities use policy of iron in
suppressing the viOators Of the feders law against
the sale Of liquor to uniformed soldiers and sailors,
the federal authorities will step in and close all the
saloons.
Judge Morrow went further and said that the people
Of California will make the State bonedry unless that
law is upheld by the saloonkeepers and their regu'
The warnings issued at the other end of the bay,
at Vallejo should be a warning not merely to the
authorities Of Vallejo, but to the authorities in San
Francisco well .sfEs& .N.t
That is not a case Of the handwriting on the wall.
II is n case Of the sword rafting in the scabbard.
Federal action is coming and coming unless the
federal authorities shown that the police author
ties of San Francisco handle the job for them
selves. s., .. T. h
If the war department steps in to safeguard the
health and morals of its wards, the men of the army
and navy they will take the effective course and
the most effective is not to attempt to catch
law volaors in saloons, but to close up the saloons
1t is all very well for the police commissioners and
the police department. heads to that they stop
ping the sale of liquor soldiers and sailors. The
facts that uniformed soldiers and sailors get
ting liquor. That is plain fact And it is disturbing
fact, because the who in army and navy
are under very special obligations to remain fit and
efficient, physically and mentally. And any man that
deliberately sets out to tempt these to buy liquor
which will affect that fitness and that efficiency is do
ing something which is affecting his country 3 war
time efficiency, and that is only something unpa
trotic it is something that might well be character
lied reasonable. ~ '3.. s. z b.. s', - .
mercy, toward any who sells liquor to soldiers
aud is caught Mt IT,, for any man who allows his
employees sell liquor TO soldiers Both equally
culpabe And the policy Of the authorities in handling
such should be policy Of ruthessness =
As has been said again and again, unless the city
authorities do adopt such policy of ruthlessness in
the handling Of these liquor law yioators, the govern
ment will embark upon policy much more ruthless
IL will intervene in the management of munich
pal affairs, take the management Of affairs
of hands, and close up every saloon and liquor
selling store In San Francisco. ....'. = 'sr .s'
That would be shame to San Francisco, such bold =
advertising to the country that San Francisco cannot
manage its affars-and the blame would rest
upon our law enforcement authorities. them heed
the warning, for theirs will be the responsibility