Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-21
Editor Honolulu star,BulIetin.

4 E0lIOI F1OuOiutu Guar -DulItAInp
Dear Sir: Ny attention has been
called to a cartoon, in this morning S
Advertiser whereby our governor Is
depicted as the recipient of an Iron
Cross, the presentation being made in
German, which may be translated to
| men either ITO our good friend Hans,
the dwarfed or crooked legged one, or
To our good friend iians, the ivory
headed one" To the writer's knowl-
edge the Advertiser has on other oc.
casions referred in terms Of leyity to
our governors physical infirmity.
Among those who have an under
standing of both the German and Eng
lish language, words are inadequate
to express the feeling Of contempt for
the smallness of person or newspa'
per who would capitalize another's
misfortune The first instincts and
precepts of common decency and deli
cacy teach US Except where help may
be offered) to turn an unseeing eye
on the blemish of those whom illness
or accident have, rendered less pnysl-
cally perfect than ourselves.
The cartoonist should nave gone fur
ther, lest his efforts prove boomer
aag. ..... III.
i Our governor deserves a decoration
for holding out against i'll advised hot
HEADED arguments which have been
IIeve,ed at him broadside, in an at
! tempt to swerve him from the per
| Torrance of his duty as outlined TO
him by the United States government,
and for having kept personal inclina-
/ tions subservient when the gravity OF
the events involved might have preci-
plated the national crisis, ~- .,
Ivory headed" and "obstructionist
governor are terms which cannot
stand bd.-e the real facts.
Our governor has been all through
| his term of office, and is now, the sub
ject of biased criticism for his poll
cies-a criticism created solely
through political and personal animus.
Especially have his National Guard
activities been attacked = when
through his efforts and assistance our
National Guard viii become one OF
our greatest factors for the safety and
defense of county and home.
Our governor has been accused of
1 WdoLlIle IIIuc anu uIOHcy WulNH HllSut
have been used to better advantage,
because he has endeayored to have
our territory interest itself in agro-
| nomy, that we might. make our soil
and our efforts alive our food prob
lem in time of Necessity Chat neees.
sity which is eyensnow beginning to
make itself felt here). Oui governors
hobby is to have youth trained for a
practical and not theoretical work.
ing future. Our governor realizes to-
the fullest extent the resources of
that now eneWyzconntry !. sand our
governor has s6raips Fenough- good.
cid, hard-headed, solid ivory common
sense-to combat resource with re.
source, conservation with conserya.
ton, etc.
IAN obstructionist governor who
will not rush US headlong into some
thing we are not prepared for, an cob
structionist governor who was laugh
ed at and criticised by his present
traducers year and half ago be-
cause he made speech stating that
the time would come when every able.
bodied person in Hawaii would either
have to fight or dig a. hole to crawl
into. A governor unfettered by any
alliance whateyef, with any local fin
ancial concern-wh fights for his
opinions of Amerieanism and manhood
and the principles involved regardless
of the. few who control votes and color
public opinion for their own ends. Be-
mind the efforts of the cartoonist, who
came a stranger to our gates two
weeks ago, with no first-hand knowl.1
edge Of our political or personal con-
troversies, nor Of our local conditions,
stand unscreened the vicious policies
of those who pay him for his work; 4
policies that are identical with the
situation which by editorials. reports
and cartoons they deplore and criticise
ruthless in their own enmities. to-
ward any official who holds his duty
higher than concurrence in their, epin-
ion. In this instance they have even
shown their cunning in the choice of
their German word-whose literal
meaning is capable of several con-
structions-a policy quite in line with
their usual procedure of attack and
vilification by ihnuendo, the while
keeping far enoukh within the law to
avoid libel suit.
1t is high time HAWAII forgot it's
picayune fractional fights, and rose to
the needs of the present national cri-
sis and the exigencies of future situa.-
lions which conditions in Europe mir.
ror to US.
FAIR PLAY. ]
P. Sit is doubtful if the Adver.
tiser can understand this signature
since the word is not in its vocabu-
larry. - L.. -.,...' 3, 4.
WHY Is He FOUND LOBBYING?
Editor Honolulu Star-5llletin,
Sir. NV misunderstanding -of tho dufiae