Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-24

majority were of the opinion t
Rodiek's conviction and sentence
carry with them loss Of American
; citizenship, II was stated today in le-
gal circles. Rodiek has already been
droppednfrom the rolls Of the Pacific
Club; hsles under fire In the CONNER
cial Club but so far no move has been
made to expel him from the chamber
of commerce.
Former Governor George r. Carter
declared that he had been told in San
Francisco that Rodiek intends to re.
turn here and reorganize Hackfeld &
Co. as purely American institution
How this can be done with Rodiek de-
prived Of his rights Of citizenship Is
q matter OF speculation.
Some OF the comments heard rela'
tive to Rodiek's light sentence follow:
RICHARD TRENT, Trent .rust Co.:
The history Of this war clearly
proves that every German, regardless
Of how good q citizen he was before
the war, in q. potential II not an &C
tive enemy of this country, and as
such should be locked up until the
war Is ended. Georg Rodiek Is
member Of the latter class, and can
see no reason why he should not be
bohind the bars. I also can not see
why any of the local clubs should hest
1ate for an instant over the question OF
dropping him from membership.
DEPUTY SHERIFF JULIUS ASCH:
II Georg Rodiek Is guilty of the things
TO which he confessed and to which
the evidence points he certainly
should not be given his liberty and
the $4,000 fine was far too small.
TIL. PETRIE, Castle & Cooke: Ro-
dicks sentence was much milder than
thought ii was going to be.
Al. J. LEWIS, JR., Bank OF Hawaii:
/ haven't even considered whether Ro-
dicks sentence was too light OF, too
heavy and therefore am not in 9 posi-
ton TO express an opinion.
MAYOR JOSEPH ]. FERN: II
should have been q fine Of 100000.
Rodiek is a rich man and could pay
that easily, I should think.
JACK MILTON, Trent Trust CO.; I
was surprised that he was let off so
easily. ! thought It would be a prison
sentence sure.
JANIS A. RATH: II the statute
covei,|g the Rodiek case said "fine
and inlbfisonments do not see how
a fina alone could be imposed have
heard nothing but disgust expressed
as the imposition OF fine and not
fail sentence.
JUDGE HARRY IRWIN: The SEN
tence given Georg Rodiek was alto
gether too lenient. It not only causes
the enemy to hold us in contempt but
also, as you might say. acts as spur
for future, similar deeds. / am GER
tainly sorry that he did not receive a
stiff Jail sentence.
JOHN w. CATHCART: The San
Francisco Judge who sentenced Rodiek
must have known what he was doing.
How can the laymen here be the
judges OF what transpired so far
away?
CHARLES cHILLINGwoRTH:
think he got Off easy.
/. FU1.LARD LEO: II Iwere Georg |
Rodiek / wouldn't want to come bach |
TO Honolulu.
CHARLES KING: II Mr.. Single
was subpoenaed he cannot be blamed |
for testisying In the Rodiek trial. He
could only answer the questions asked
DETECTIVE A. &. CARTER: You
couldn't print my opinion.
D. B. KUHNS: It's what you might
expect.
MALCOLM A. FRANKLIN: Soma
peopIasgo deaf, dumb and blind when
they see a dollar. But / cannot COM
meft on the Rodiek sentence because |
/ am federal official.
POSTMASTER MacADAM. II / hat
lived here longer / might want to say
something
GEORGE w. SMITH: No penalty
is too severe for a man who has been
as treacherous as Georg Rodiek has to
this country. For two years he has
plotted against the Allies, and in so
doing has attempted TO injure the
United States and indirectly IL not di-
rectly, his friends ana business asso
ciates in Honolulu
Wil.LIAM III. McINERNY: The rea.
son given by the San Francisco Judge
for thing Georg Rodiek only $4,000
Is d ~ mind just the reason why
Rode Should have been given the
maximum penalty. II is just because
he 4 gentleman and q man Of brains
that his plea Of ignorance sounds like
a farce. The little fine OF $4,000 is
en- rely out OF proportion to the crime.
and look upon the sentence as one
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