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been wiser to have stood it a little
longer Many d business man thought
We had been too precipitate.
Then came the great light that re-
vealed the hideous truth-the insat
late greed OF German autOcracy; a
greed that would not be satisfied un-
til it had destroyed the body and
soul Of democracy. 1t was no longer
war against England and France
and Russia, but a war against all peo-
pie everywhere who cherish the be
lief that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned-a war against that spirit Of
liberty which had inspired the heroes
of the American and French revolu-
lions and that had placed Washington
and Lafayette and Lincoln among the
immortals. When this purpose was
revealed to the American people and
they understood it with all its disas-
trous consequences, their neutrality
turned to bitter hostility; their
doubts disappeared like mist before
the sun and they stood ready to lay
their most precious gifts upon the
altar of freedom. The man who is
not in full accord with this senti-
ment is not an Americana care not
what his profession may be nor where
he was born. He who now doubts
is a bastard and let him who dallies
beware.
Three years ago the insolent auto
crat of Germany and his vassals and
sycophants threw down the gauge of
battle; one by one the other nations
Of Europe took 1t up. In his lust tor
dominion and power he hurled his
threat across the sea and into the
teeth of the United States of Amer
lea. When he did this he destroyed
his last hope of overcoming the foes
of his own continent. The outcome
of the issue that William of Germany
has rendered is no longer doubtful and
when he is overthrow the people who
will reap the benefits of his down
fall will be those of his own ountry
who for so long have felt the oppres.
sion of his iron heel
This Is a terrible war. 1t is a pity
that peace and personal liberty and
political freedom cannot be accom-
plished except by the shedding of
precious blood-but such is the in
scrutable decree of fate. We will send
our young men across the sea. They
will shed their blood and yield up
their lives in order that those who
survive them may be forever safe
from despotic aggression. My son
has dedicated his splendid young life
to this holy cause and no doubt some
Of you have sons who have done the
same. They may never come back;
they may make the supreme sacrifice.
What duty do we owe them? We
would gladly go with them, or more
gladly go in their stead, but this can.
not be. But this We can do and this
we must do; we must make them rea.
lize that they are supported by the
undivided loyalty of a grateful peo'
pie"
Musical Features
Members of the club were enter
tanned with two musical features OF
high standard, Mrs. Myrtle Stumpf of
Los Angeles, an authority on steel
guitar music, entertained with two Sc
lections on the steel guitar. Her first
effort was a Volcano Inspiration which
was written at the time of a recent
visit to Kilauea. Her second was a
classical work.
Paul Yogolevitch, who recently ar
rived in Honolulu after spending a
year with the Russian army, gave two
violin selections.
President harrington read a letter
from Alexander Hume Ford, in which
the head of the Pan:Pacific Club asked
the AID Club to use the Pan-PacifiC
rooms for any movement which might
be proposed. Prof. Vaughan Mac
Caughey, in a letter to the AID Club,
urged the use Of taro as valuable
food product. A son of volcano"
Marshall urged that the AID Club have
real Hawaiian luncheon with Ha-
waiian products. H. E. Vernon of the
Civic Affairs committee reported on
the broken bottle situation and the
Identification of trees. Tom Sharp
said that the AID Club play would be
q real thriller from start to finish