Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11

today made public a statemel
respondenee which, taken toget
Castle and the food commission
national guard last summer.
1.-THE governors statement
concludes:
"The public can now form its
own Judgment as to how and
by whom the national guard OF
Hawaii has been prevented In
IT'S aspirations to serve Its
country" 4
II liking public the statement, let
ters and teiegrams, the governor nad
No other comment other than that he'
the governor, could not give out the
facts for publication prior ito this
tirne.n referring TO Castles resignation
from the food commission. u.
The governors statement says;
ssThe basis Of my acquiescence IN
APPROVING, at his request, General
strongss cabIegram, and TRANSMISSION
Of my cablegram to the honorable
secretary Of the interior was that the
iu,peratiye reconciliation as. directed
nv the war department would compel
the national guard to consist OF ABOUT
400 men or 500 less than originaify
organized. The percentage OF sne
national guard as related to plantation
ernpioyes, as stated. believed to De
4, error but there was no time TO Sc
cure the accurate per cent, which mas
been since ascertained to be around
four per cent.
II hand you q copy of q cablegram
asito transportation Of labor from tne
Philippines, - = 81 .a.,s 80.
al that time commercial liners
could not furnish accommo dations ana
Il. Is. p. A. had four hundred Filipinos
A Manila awaiting transportation.
sThe II. s. p. A. can inform you as
a the then cost per head on com
mercial steamers, and the PASSAGE
money per head they offered the
United States government.
Food Commission
81 appointed the food commission
MAY 4th last. Their first meeting was
Nav 5th, at which time the moDiliza-
tion of the national guard was as
eussed. May 10th the notes OF the
commission state:
further discussion Of the Ia
hor sltuation resulted in the adj
iournnnent of the comuission to
Wait on Governor Pinkham as
no. and ask him to request
Setetary Lane to use his influ.
ence 10 prevent the mobilization
az the national guard at this time.
aeoyernor Pinkhaln, knowing there
was no present shortage OF labor, as
admitted by the food commission, re-
fused
aMav 18th the food commission at.
tempted 20 send Z message TO Secre-l
tary Lane over the head OF the gov
ernor and deposited Il IN the v. >.
Naval star >-e2al Strong learn
"a 81 thl epped its trans.
mission. <<&
ssThe ID az - IN from WASH !
,netor FL, ~ - a 8 activities of |
the delegate 20 figation OF
Alfred Z. Castl& . Tor the 1000
commission. the ~8nal Guard OF
Hawaii would not be mobilized.
coyernor Demanded Copies
aThe governor had not been consult.
ed. nor did the commission furnish
him information. He therefore DEL
nlanded copies OF communications be
given him. They we're furnished him.
aAmone them was the attached let
ter written by. Alfred L. Castle to
Delerate Kalenia1aole. Charles K.
Hemenway, the ether attorney for the
commission, denies that he knew any.
thing concerning this letter,
sThe public can now form its own
iudou,ent as 90 how and by whom the I
National Guard Of Hawaii has been
prevented In lts aspirations to serve
lie country"
Castle to Delegate
Hera Is the letter written by Attor-
nav Castle to Delegate Kalanianaole,
: rart az the correspondence given out
today by the governor. i
Castle TO Delegate
May is, 1917.
.et5on /. K; Kalanianaole, House OF
representatives Washington, D. c.
Dear Prince We expected to have
had ready 4 wireless for you IN regard
tFSzEa mobilization Of the national
- here. but unfortunately 1t has
beerl deiayed. The territorial food
commission, however. has asked me
"a write TO you the facts in regard to
the situation here. /
aJust before the close of the legis-
iature Secretary Lane sent wire to
the governor laying stress on the ne
eessity for Hawaii to be self-support-
ing as far as possible, but at the same
time to keep up its sugar shipments.
The problem seemed so grave that an
hct passed the legislature unanimous
n creating q territorial food counts
sion with plenary powers. A copy Of
this act has been forwarded to you in
the form of bill to he introduced in