The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10

|committee will be clothed with
their widest possible powers Of /
investigation.
concerned the vital life Of the Amer.
lean nation.
That Meeting Years Ago
I" One meeting was fifty.s years ago,
whore the problem Of human liberty
within our Borders was the problem that
had to be solved. We now today come
to solve the problem of the freedom Of
the seas. Your knowledge Of what this
problem II and means needs no elab0ra-
|fion from me. II has been under dis
lcussion for nearly two years.
81 wish to bring your attention to
| one fact, that in no place under the
American Flag has the realization Of the
Ineeessity for preparedness been as I'M
pressed and as eagerly anticipated as Il
has within these Islands and under the
| flag, not only of the nation but Of the
Territory Of Hawaii
1 II chanced that your Governor, dur
ling his stay In the Far East, saw inter<
national troubles impending somethinQ
Hike six or seven years ago, aud took the
Ipnins to search throughout the world
where the point Of trouble might como
10 the surface. 1t did not come 20 the
Surface at just the point thought Il
might when ] started to travel round
the globe, but became convineed That
the United States must abanden1ift pol
hey Of attempting ethical Command Of
the world aud prepare itself. mot for ex-
plotting measures, but to heeprepared to
defend itself, and that its own right
arm, should he strong seHough TO com
Imand peace, no matter who undertook
TO impose upon the Emitted States Of
America. hs }t
Two Classes Of Ehenies
4. ssIn my obsef4dtion during the Civil
i War, we had fwo classes Of enemies
the manly elaas that fought and gave
ltheif blood, went from their home, suf-
fered and lost everything, and a lot Of
lpoltrooh towards whose loyalty could
not be depended upon il their personal
continents or financial interests were
impinaed upon; and want to tell You,
Igentlemen, look out for that kind Of an
en@ny, because they will appear iplthe
united Statesiof Ameriea<-1 hope mot
within the Territory Of Hawaii.
eve have a difficult problem before
ius. cannot tell you how it IS to be
, solved. Our percentage Of those who
havc'sworn TO protect the American faf
is much greater than in any spot or pc
( litical division Of the United States
and il affects US more directly and i'm
modiately than any movement that car
occur in the United States. / beg yo'
to have patience, for those in authorit,
, will try and make the burden as ligh'
as possible, but IL it becomes hard, le
tyonr hearts be stout enough and you
!, pocketbooks liberal enough TO make tn
: lsacrifee that is necessary for you
country.
: 1.-THE heartaches of war I well re
! member. People may think that mel
4 war on each other thoughtlessly, but
Z can toll you IN our division hearts aehe'
: I'm the North as hard as in the South 4
: think that brothers and members Of Tn
y same nation should be obliged to com
:. TO blows, and however hard we ma,
!, strike, however severe we may be, kee
\ your hearts close TO humanity, an
7, while you kill, regret the sorrows an
] troubles that must come to those VIII
y are the victims Of war. It is no COW
{ ardly man, tits no hard woman, it is n
y undutiful child that has the feeling 0
q. II III
:, are the stronger and better for il; the
4 are the more just and effective soldiei
Y, and sympathizers. With that sentimeI
y throughout the United States, there ca
= be no comeback; there can be nothin
|, lin history to disefedit the American nj
- ton, and the American nation wisht
= its record in history TO be as clean an
= honorable as any individual should d
Ia. - 80. 4
- clean and honorable. =
:, Urges Food Conservation
n. Major Lincoln, in addition to recor
n. mending the immediate abolition Of Il
D. saloon, urged the conservation of II
" food supply, the elimination Of luxuri
a. and waste, and the growing of mo
he foodstuifs in the Islands.
w. II. MeInerny, In addition to favo
ing military training, denounced tho
ca who, he said, are boarding food suppl.
IS and likewise raised the question
M whether or not business houses shou
be pay TO their employees who are called
us the Colors the difference between the
%. wages as received from the governme
ms and what they are now receiving fro
ed The firms for which they. work I
ly McInerny also took the ground tn
or the newspapers should under all circul
ny stances stand by and approve of t
re-. factions Of federal and territorial hea
he Of Departments and refrain from eri
icising them. 4t IN Il
IL. l.. A. Thurston introduced resol
rs, ton asking the Territory for an app
*. priation to establish agricultural de
no onstration stations on the vario
Mt. Islands and to appoint demonstrators
ne teach the people. His resolution a
re- urged the continuance Of the territor
,h- marketing division and its developms
on the other islands. The resoluti
ull received the hearty applause and s.
by port of the chamber. s8@.
ire ~ NJ Westgate, director Of
rs; United States experiment station, urg
nd that the territorial marketing divisi
m; be taken over BY the Territory.
I, d said the bill now before the hou
which nuta the diviskon an a nav a