The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-19
MEET|NGIeURGE
|NTERNMENFCAMP
Called CA 1 D BY mayor MA ! .0llRF
Fern Takes Initiative In Move
ment 70 Protect Territory
Against yHupSr
ASKS LOYAL RESIDENTS
!, OF, CITY; TO BE PRESENT
Actions Of Germans Are Danger
GUS To People Of Hawaii
Says Municipal Executive


Eehoing the sentiments expressed by
opd|uk membeTs of the llawalian vi,
dance corps following the street Rip
ing of =. J., Kalker by Captain Hem
~ Allen after Walker had insulted an
\mcHcan flag, Mayor Joseph !. Fern
has come out strongly in favor Of haV'
ng established in the Territory an in
ternmPut camp.
That the, mayor is taking PnCrgrt"
tlom to carry out the project is showG
" thu" fart THAT he has called grea }
puDIlc meeting to be held in the
grounds Of the Capitol building next
sunday. By means Of this he hopes
TO crystalline public sentiment into acE
, ion which will bring about the es'ahl
'ishment of mtGrnment camp held
% be an acute need for the safety OF
Ne people of the Territory and theii
industries.
It the meeting, which will open al
a'f past two o 'clock in the afternoon
he real situation that confronts thd
immunity, will he explained by speak
crs and il is planned to have n commit
ee Fppointedl at the meeting to for
nn,lHte a petition tn President Wilson
md t6scorgless asking that an intern,
uent camp be established. !
Tb Letter is-,it
TIE letter in with the MAYOR make
Jain his purpose is as follows:
Editor Advertise AS mayor of the
City ard County Of Honolulu. as citi'
on e the United States, and as one
~ no takes this means If cNmmuniraI
ton to his fellow residents of HaW aii
,pcRuse the Initiative has not, hitherto
hecn taken by other persons, l ask
That YOU help forward the needed plar
If ~ i~tennpfent camp for enemy aliens
The brutal, trearhProus and destTurs
i've actions of Germany and its con,
federate supporters, and the personal
7rtiops. Of IT'S subjects and peoples Nave
.ansrd and are causing untold loss
suffering and danger to the citizens OF
n" United States, and are especially
dangerous and inimical to the Iowa.
residents OF Hawaii. The potential
resent and dormaUt activities of the
Germans. and thos" who by their ne,
ions and utterahccs are properly called
Pro Huns, constitute an ever pres;
rnt and real danger to this Territory
respect fully and periodically pre-,
sent to YOU that the President Of thu
'nited States, and the congress- now
assembled, he al Onre. Informed as b
be real necessity for an internment
camp on Oahu; so that. in it, can
re segregated all those who within GU;
borders are enemy aliens, and those
who by their disloyRl utterances, habits
and conduct show themselves to be en-
mics of orr common country and it!
rave Allies.
Not Debatable
1t is not dehatabe that such meas
are would very largely prutoct our in
lust. les. our wharves and shipping and
he general safety of our Territory
nd all that the word "hOmC' implies
The vandal acts of the ruthless enemy
are worldwide, and if We do not move
! n our own projections no one but our
selves will he to blame. Self supporting
amps, ns | suggest, have been prime
necessity in Europe and on our main
/ }aad and have lessened TO loyal resi-
dents the necessary irksome war regu
ations for the general safety.
| propose to call town meeting
next Sunday, at the Capitol grounds
at two thirty of that afternoon, a
which place srIerted speakers will urg,
! the present necessity of an intcrnmen
amp. and it is hoped that at an out
pouring Of citizens and loyal resident
! If all classes. next sunday the twenty
| first II resolution will be carried ask
! ing that II temporary committee, from
Surh town meeting selected, draft
cable message to the President and t.
| con, rrrys shaving the necessity anI
urging the setting apart Of r0ncen
tration camp for the Huns born AM
| their adherents.
l brsreak. Mr. Editor, your best co
I ppGratiOu 50 that. at this time of stress
the meeting shall be u real Town Meet
ing--Of the people.
JOSEPH J. FERN,
=. Mayor.