The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-20

the status OF the Territory OF hawan
after the war has ended and the Hun
is reduced 10 his proper place in the
scheme OF things, F.. Fuxon Bishop,
president of G.. Brewer 4 Co.., Ltd,
made an address before the Ad Club
yesterday at its Pan. Pacific luncheon
in the Young Hotel, In which he accPn-
tuated the need that Hawaii has for
more human energy applicable to the
special agricultural needs Of this
"patch 81 islands in the Pacific.
Time and again during his address
Mr.. Bishop was greeted with applause
as he made his points regarding the
war, or in connection with economic
conditions in Hawaii As it has de
veloped, said Mr. Bishop it is not the
"YeIlow peril, " but the "white peril'
welding the sword of autocracy, which
has been the real peril Of the world.
Mr. Bishop also emphasized the fact
that in the East, in Russia and China
and India, great afterthe- problems
will be solved by the tremendous human
energy available, and that is what We
need in Hawai-, where practically ev-
erything else is available. He held that
the American ideal for these Islands
was one all could subscribe to, but that
white men were not cOnstitutiOnally
created to work in the cane fields,
which only Oriental labor could do
properly.
Altogether the address by Mr.. Bishop
takes its place as valuable contribu-
tion to the attempts to solve problems
before Hawaii in its status after the
war, and is as follows:
After the War Status
"When asked by your committee to
talk on the status in Hawaii after
the war, ! was not al the moment i'm
pressed with the broad significance Of
the subject, which subsequent reflection
has disclosed, and the more thought
given to the topic, the more has it dawn.
ed upon me that it involves myriad
of ramifications leading us into ma
tiOnal and international problems, that
are perhaps confusing the minds Of men
trained to grasp such questions, which
/ confess are beyond my powers Of
solution.
"In the first instance, it is difficult
for the ordinary mind to get past,
cover the Top' as it were,-the all
important task of the present time,
namely, winning the war; the biggest
undertaking that any nation or aggrr
cation of nations has ever engaged in
since the dawn Of creation. The in.
cIinatiOn is to win the fight first, and
make every other consideration see
Ondarv to such a purpose.
"What will be the status of world
conditions after the war depends much
on the terms of peace, an unknown
factor, but we must necessarily proceed
on the avOwed hypothesis that we viii
the war, that the masters Of Germany
will be licked to submit sslOn, and that
the terms Of peace will be the terms OF
the Allies. | can conceive Of no peace
Of any permanence or safety on any
other lines.
As to Germany'S part in the future
Of the world. its commerce, and az q
decent domirile for the human species
much depends upon the Germans them
selves and what disposal they make OF
their Ovcr-lords and masters, and t
what extent they eliminate the present
militant control hv the autncrat
can conceive that the German nation
stripped of the milituristic tvrant, nnr
governed by, with and for the people
can hold place in the sun of civilized
nations, out not OtnCrWlSc.
Russia Is Big Problem
"Russia and the Russians. a natl u
covering one sixth of tn" land Of tn,
universe, with an area Of eight million
six hundred thousand square miles un'
q population Of one hundred nnd thirty
millions Of people, Of untold nrtura
resources, with n billion acres Of tim
rr, and mineral deposits of enormous
- Inc, Mus Vost agricultural pOSsihil
ities,-all undevelOped comparatively
sneaking,-and "A peopl" as iIliterRte a
it's virgin forests and mineral resource
are undeveloped; is not the civi'ize'
world going to have n task of a genera
lions duration in STRENGTHENING on
Russia first and starting her ahead ~
the right path, 50 that she will be SAT,
from the aggrandizing ruPidlty Of 9th
or and envious nationsf
"IDdia also is on the verge Of ne"
era, with It's re"uted wealth in natur"
resources: ALSO China with its te"mi ~
millions Onl4 waiting to he show 'h'
way Thus it appears that Russia, In
dia, China and the Orient generally vii
over the L~rnt field Of development
otter the war. Is Seward : pr"uh""'
Of fiftv vpnrs 10" that the Pa"iGr va
DESTINED to h" the great thentrr &"
"rrld events "N"ut 20 Ne rralirrdi I
thr curtaiu "r this thr"'"" rh0nt to rS
a"d the Pnrifr. our Pacific ne StH"
a"tting Of IN" drnwn TO be rnnrtrd
Europe will b" ENGAGED ON rr""nstru"
'i"n that ""uld seemingly need wear
to accomplish
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