The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-20
STANDING
]. PAT AGAINST MOVE
Klebahn Still Holding Gun Al
Territory, Balks Plans TO
Shift Ships

The German ships are in status quo,
The -harbor board Is in pilikia.
Haekfeld & Co. are in glee.
Governor Hans PinkhaIn is in doubt.
The community is in a state of per
turbation, IN.
Everybody wishes the Pommern was
in-Hilo. ...& 49, EI>.s" @
There nothing newb in the
German ship situation, according to the
replies of all officials who were asked
about the matter late last night. Which,
being interpreted, means that friedrich
Wilhelm Klebahn still has d gun at the
head Of the Territory and the Territory
is afraid to make O. move sss9 f
All efforts Of the board Of harbor
commissioners to get the Pommern and
Setos away from the territorial
wharves haye been frustrated ,by the
unexplained refusal Of Governor
Hans" Pinkham to transmit TO
Washington the request Of the board
to have the naval tug Navajo used, to
haul the Pommern outside the harbor
and the Setos across the harbor to the
mud fats.
Baked by the Governor in their Mt
tempts to comply with the wishes of
the community TO have the German
menace removed from the territorial
wharves and proximity to the business
section of the city, the harbor board
yesterday morning, following a special
session at which the matter was dis.
cussed, appealed to the Legislature,
The board, in communication to each
house. set forth the situation, saying
that il he'd asked the Governor to ask
Washington on its behalf, for the use
Of the Navajo. !, For, presumably
through an oversight, the board neg.
iected 70 ask the legislature for def.
mite action, which gave abe lawmakers
the chance to pass the buck.
But the senate, which has acquired
a reputation for lodging every issue
aud always passing the buck on every
Important proposition, squirmed out
more effeetually. 1t calmly tabled the
communication from the harbor com
mission on the grounds that such q
request should come through the Gov,
ernor. .Ggs 80 F,,r 4s,
1t was intimated yesterday that a
tug to remove the Pommern might be
obtained from Castle & Cooke, agents
for the Matson Navigation Co, If the
legal advisers of the concern concluded
Il would be "safet for. the company
to lend the board its assistance in do
ing away with the German menace
The firm referred to its legal advisers
Smith, Warren & Whitney, the ques
tion Of whether or not II could let the
board have the use of the tug Intrepid
without rendering itself liable for dam
ages. 1t was hoped that a>reply would
be received by last night, hut none wa,
received, and John Drew, head of the
shipping department, said late last
night that no decision had beer
reached. 80. y.
The story in The Advertiser Sunday
to the effect that the board of barber
commissioners was blocked in its effort
to rid the harbor of the German men
nce by the refusnl of Euer begnadigeI
Governor Pinkham to transmit TO thu
authorities at Washington the request
Of the board caused much comment
throughout the city. A storm Of pro
test went mp throughout the city ovel
what was generally termed the spine
less attitude of der Befehlshaber.
Requests for Information at the ex
ecntive chambers brought forth onl,
the statement that SHeIch habe NIGHT,
IA sagen," and tsWass ich weiss, dasl
ist meiner Gaschaeft. q TT ' Y.
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