The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-21
ADMINISTRATIONS
CONDUCT OF WAR
SCORED BY KUHIO
Congress Voted Plenty Of Money But Re-
suits Have Not Been Attained, He Says;
Criticises Food Commission and Legislature

that merely because we get over there
the Huns are going to run.
No Chfld's Play
This is a serious war. It is no
child 3 play, and it behooves every good
patriotic American to help those who
are really going across to Europe, and
not to sit around home and ready to be-
lipve, from the stories which have al,
ready reached us that we are going to
lick the Huns so easily. And yet that
is the impression he gains from the
stories told of the great American
armies there, which are not yet great.
at will take years maybe to finish
this war and the expenditure of billions
and billions of money and the loss of
thousands upon thousands Of lives, be-
fore we conclude IL.
"When America really does get over
there, this country of ours is going to
win the war.
when we in Hawaii get really pre-.
pared to do what we should do for Ii
hertO Bonds and Thrift Stamps and
Red Cross, then you win be doing your
real duty while the boys go across and
do the fighting.
"Just remember this: Germany is
just as prepared today as she was, and
it will take US years of the bitterest
fighting and the suffering of loss of un-
told thousands of lives, to end it all.
What We're Fighting For
at was self preservation and self
respect that brought up into this war
we are now fighting, not to make the
world safe for democracy, but to make
it safe for all the people of the world!
"Now, what is being done for the
people Of Hawaii by those in power :
There is one feature which concerns all
the peor.o, and that is the food commits.
sion.
81 have been urging the members Of
the legislature to do one thing, and
that is to see that two-thirds of the
population of these Islands is fed prop
erlv. We hear a lot about the food
commissiL- We hear them favoring
taking the land from the homesteads to
raise sugar so we can supply the de-
mands of the government, but do you
hear them say that the people, some of
them. are near starvingf Or that there
is no rice and no poi for the poor man.
for two-thirds of the people of this
Territory, and that this two-thirds real.
" depends upon two products-rice and
poif
Starving for Poi
"These people today are suffering
from lack of rice and poi. | know it
myself. in a measure, as far as poi Is
concerned but I can get along without
poi and use other things. Many of them
cannot, so well. The poor man can
not get along without his poi and rice.
Yet you do not hear the legislature to-
day say anything about a starving peo-
ple-people starving for poi and rice.
Some might as we'll be in the war zone
as to be without these products and
prices of everything going beyond their
reach.
81 want every senator IN these isl
ands to know that if they DON t have
the legislature provide for the feeding
, Of these people, they are going to heal
from me at the next election.
/ EVEN with fish it is the same thing
We have men here on these boards
whose chests stick out. I have seer
one walking down Fort Street as if al
! the women in Honolulu were looking a
him and who looked as if he expected
the OIntT Slut Ol lut HlIttl " up ul
& because of his importance. Has HI
done anything for the conservation O.
ishf After one year, what are thu
results2 Nil so far as | know. l hop'
the Governor (glancing slightly in tn
direction of Governor Designate c. J
: Mccarthy will see to it, and recon
mend to the Legislature that something
should be dOne.'
Mccarthy Is Speaker
Governor Designate Mccarthy mad
the first address on the program, prais
ing the work of the Americans so ia
in the war. He spoke on the rapidit,
with which citizens had been made sol
diers and the character of the arm,
that we were ready to send against tn
] Hun.
The address on the unwilling of tn
service flag was made by John c. Lane
who warmly eulogized the spirit of d
and dare and self sacrifice that ha
prompted men from all walks of lif
to rush to the colors These men, sal
Mr. Lane, are to hc rnvied that the
have been able to make this gift t
their country.
The final address was made by s. Il
Desha who spoke in Hawaiian. Senate
Desha began with an anecdute of how
after he had delivered a talk IN tn
Hawaiian language once on Kauai, tn
audience wondered that Germa
could speak the Hawnlian tongue =
rapidly. "Don't anyone make tina
mistake again he said. 'for ther
is no drop of German blood in m
veins''
The flag Of Hawaii and the America
Flag were draped above the speakeI
stand and Senator Drsha took these fC
'he text of his remarks, 1t is a gret
honor for the young men of Hawaii,
ait to 30 forth and fight under II
St"rs and Stripes
Court Iunnh'u Ancient Order
"o'cstcrs unveiled a service flag wit
.r"rn stars The men Of the lodl
a." WOW in service are Lieut. Ebe
| Cunningham Frank = Rice, John
| - Frcd Kama Antoine Timas, Paulir
| NR'to aud Wirlinm Kaoiwi.
| IN" Hawaiian Band was present al
! played a number Of selections.