Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-01
LETTERS
ouoe Frat DEMONSTRATIONS
Honolulu. T. H., Nov. 20, 1911

Edito: StaI Bulletin.
Sir: An Ubiquitous civiliEA:i n ::2s
not vet reached guileIess elimination
n eleYatira whereOn exists r9ri tt1 a!
harmony ard brotEer!y 10 G between
nations. but has rather mounted the
conflicting stage OF dissensioE which
demands an arduons struggle to gain
another rung on the ladder OF eVolu-
ton
We, as true. patriotic Americans. are
all similarly interested in the present
struggle for a righteous conformation
and p-edomlnation in democracy.
We realize. more or less, the uriath-
ENABLE depths o. misery and infinite
horrors Of war. Yet there is 4 sweet
complaisance rendered from the mex
o-ablcness OF our natiSn.
And thus a. We conjecture the bel
l!g"ccnt confliction of nations, a NOR
Sid ceiling Of personal Avalidity tends
to subvert our thoughts OF individual
essentially. like little frosts that
sometimes threaten the spring" Yet
VI find ourselves continuously C.cdi-
tating on that little fnterrogative ap-
real. What can ! dO?" And while q
massive number have found no enigma
in the process o. doing ard 4 &c"
have already given their all, there -
yet remainder to whom the doors q;
opportunity have not been so widely
oIerCd. who stand willing to sacrifice
20 the uttermost for the righteous de
nsaDds o: our nation.
So mach we feel that instructive de-
sire for means to assume colossal
powers, whereby We may defy al. OF.
st7uction, and crush oar satanic foe
whose Lands are red with tie blood
q; our brothers and sisters But as We
ca:nnt comply directly with that feel.
in:; Of righteous Indignation, there is
a sweet consolation in the fact that we
can render Invaluable aid through IN
direct channels.
Every individual is Ieritable to the
Inauguration Of our national manhood
by assuming pure, moral principles.
and dlverging their energies against
vice.
Vice IS a peripatetic, always in pro-
erosion" And, "as when a prowling
wolf whom hunger drives to seek new
haunt for prey" thus are we confront
Ell with this sacrilegious devastator--
vice.
Since the declaration Of war on Ger.
many ne have been able to pefeeive a
vigorous effort being wrought against
moaster vice; and while there is an
apparent inclination toward a right
eous victory. a more thorough investi.
Satina is apt to render our thoughts
ambiguous. Apparently dissolute con-
ditions have only met with a public
modification so far as the dissolute
character is concerned, and their per-
nicious deeds are still Indignantly
tradHcing humanity
Urgently may we feel the demand to
alleviate our nation of the insidious
moas:er-vice. And may we greet
her ~ the fiend, to whom belongs the
vulture's ravening beak, the ravens
funeral song" And may she never
grasp the hand of those who, for free.
dom's sake, forsake home and home
loves and the beatitudes of nature
free 20 ALL" and condescend to share
their part of trench-conflictions in our
sister nation, France. We sincerely
emerged from homes and communities
so immune to vice as to have envi.
roned their nature impervious to her
insidious craft.
The morals, Of the soldier are often
considered lightly, yet they weigh
heavily on the scales Of evolution;
they have significant part to play In
this war; they symbolic home, com.
muaity and government; and whomso.
ever administercth the poisonous cup
Of immortality is guilty of treason and
unworthy of human endurance An.
guis in herba. Hume tn caveto!
The writer, being a soldier himself,
Is thoroughly familiar with that OBJ.
seure feeling as of morbid RETROSPECT
tion--that seemingly mental disqui.
etude Of a pensive nature-so common.
ly felt amongst the enlisted men, and
the tendency to moral declivity. " T..
= To those least unguarded chan.
nels7-does vice proceed to make her
cummings known. We thwart her I'm.
timely instigations with that right
eous domination which seeks her
haunts. destroys her forts and guilds
our city with impervious purity.
Our nation demands, for this war
men of pure bred type who are ade.
quate to the dufabilities and obliga.
tons rendered. When We become so
patriotic as to exercise the expected
quota of energy and validity to the ext
gency of the enyiable conquest we can
rest on the complaisance of applying a
soothing panacea to bleeding world
A premonition of "white-robed peace"
will enthuse our efforts.
"And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away"
MORALITY.