Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-29
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HILO, Hawaii, May .2S.-iGood LUCK
to Uncle SAM writes corp4S1 Hun
ter from the trenches, f'somewhe1e In
France" where ne has been, fighting
for the past two years. He adds, I'VE
are all delighted to hear that the
United States is in the war on our
side. The Americans are the right
kind Of fighters and they will rende~
a good account Of themselves, for
sure"
Hunter, who was formerly an en-
ploye of the Onomea Sugar Company,
and who hopes to some day, when the
war Is over, once more return to Ha-
wall, seems to think that the war will
not last much longer. He says that
the job must 0e finished up properly
and German mllitarism wiped out
forever.
This war must be the last-and
have no doubt that it will be, for the
ordinary people will not stand for any
more Of the rights of kings and en-
perors of the type Of the kaiser, to
cause wars that wipe out millions of:
men We are fighting for democracy
IL ever an army or q combination OF
armies did, and that should please
the United States, which is such a
democratic country.
THE Germans are licked and they
know 1t now. Even the ordinary sol
diers who imagined that they were
nearing their goal every day and that
Paris was in the hands Of their COM
rades, have learned better and the
prisoners that We take are not so
ignorant of the results of the past
three years fighting as the men we
used 10 take year or so ago were.
These prisoners nowadays are glad
to be captured, Tor they do get food
at regular intervals and they know
that they will oe treated well. At
first they are scared, as if they imag-
ined that we would torture them.
That shows that their officers must
tell them some awful untruths IN or
der, to make them fight till the end,
instead OF, suIref6 erIng when the first
infantry attack comes.
Everything is going we'll and l
expect to see the real big drive come
before long. Then there will be
something doing, without doubt, and
Ii should be s0A stFthe Rhine and Far
From France Mt the Germans. The
present drive is Zine one and great
tract Of country has been taken from
the enemy, bun, 5ast wait while and
see what will surely happen.
From what i can hear, the sub
marine warfare Of the Germans,
which has broken all rules Of civil
lied warfare, Is not SO very success
full as the Teutons imagine. Prison
ers we have - token and German
wounded, with whom have been for
some time in a convalescent camp.
all declare that they were told by
their officers that England was starv-
ing and that France and Italy were
ready to threw up the sponge on &C.
count Of not being able to get NUM-
tions, men~or foodstuffs from Eng
land. It will be a great surprise to
the German when a million or moro
Americans drop in to say 'How'dy do,
and hope l am alive to see the per
formance.
Il have lost sight Of Frank Brolan
for some time past. The last time |
heard from him he was getting along
finely and, like the right kind of
Irishman. was living on the fat OF the
land. He wrote to say that he was
taking up ammunition to the guns
and that that very day he had the
Joy Of an extra good dinner, proceed.
ed by q couple OF real American cock