The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-18
DELEGATE DEFENDS
!. H|S1ACT|0NS ON
HAWAIIAN DRAFT
Opens Campaign At Aala Park;
answers Charges Ne says
Have Been Brought Against
Him BY Enemies
GLAD PROHIBITION
HAS COME TO HAWAII
Prince Proud To Be Held Re-
sponslble For Getting Youth
or Islands Into Service Of
Nation

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Prince Kuhi6, delegate to Congress,
opened his campaign for reelection last
night at Aala Park by declaring that
he is ready to defend any action he
may have personally taken, or a. Dele
gate, toward bringing Hawab's men
into the armies in support Of the United
States Governu ent: If he Is charged
with being responsible for "taking our
young boys from their homes to fght, I"
then he said, he is proud to accept the
responsibility.
Furthermore, as n similar wartime
measure, he said his action to bring Chi
nese labOrers into the country to con.
tinue to raise food for the island popu
lation and to aid the American Gov.
ernment in prosecuting the war to
victorious close il nothing to be
ashamed Of, for these laborers, he as.
serted, would not be brought inrO com
petition with the Hawaiians in the
cities and towns and on the waterfronts.
They will be brought in to keep the ag-
ricultural districts fully developed and
not permit tillable land to 60 into dis.
use. .. ...
taken to France to help the men on the
battlefelds, then there can be no oppo
sition to bringing some here as a war
food for those fighting men Across the
seas.
Answers Charges
The Prince, who was suffering from a
cold, spoke to q large gathering in Aala
Park, and although he did not begin to
speak until nearly ten clock, he talk
ed for more than an hour in Hawaiian,
answering in detail the charges brought
against him by his !opponents in the
Democratic camp.
These were as he named them at
once: e--. ~
Being responsible for the rafting
of the "young boys of Hawaii" to
fight, and also for the drafting of the
national guard into service;
Being responsible for the movement
to bring Chinese laborers into the coun
try during the war;
For causing prohibition to be clamped
down on the Islands, thus depriving the
, Hawaiians Of their Individual rights;
! For failure to have the Farm Loan
, Act provisions extended to Hawaii;
! For having failed to get all the gov
ernment lands cut up into homesteads
and placing all the Hawaiians upon
them. r.
/ Prince Kuhio heard calls in the aud.
fence to explain the "draft" charge
brought against him, and which it is
understood men not only in the Demo.
cratic camp but many in the Republican
party are using to attempt to defeat
him in November. ~
Glad Of Responsibility
The Prince said that II the people of
Hawaii held him responsible for the
splendid showing which Hawaii has
made in the armies of the United States,
then he was glad 70 be so honored.
{ ~ am a true American citizen, loyal
TO the American fag," said the Prince
"and it is my duty and yours to stand
behind the President and the govern
ment and fight our common enemy. 1t
is pro Hun talk to say otherwise-these
people who charge me otherwise.
"There are laws in the States that
severely punish men who insult the
armies or the Flag, or talk against any
plan the government has to raise its
armies, and they. are called sIaekers
They are not true American citizens. >
He explained how the Hawaiian Ma
tional Guard, at first not called tC
service. was afterwards included in
the call to arms. / was asked il
Washington how our HaVaiians stood
in the desire to fight. I told them
from the Hawaiian standpoint, they
were ready and, anxious, and tha
| meant to back the President and fgh
the Hun.
"There is no reason to hold m'
responsible for these men going t
war" said the Prince, "but you cal
all be sure am proud to be 81
charged.
at would be a proud moment to M
to be called to the service Of thu
American army! and 70 be sent over
seas to the battlehelds, but we al
know how the Hawaiians can fight
They are doing il now with credit I,
Hawaii and the United States"
Wanted Prohibition PlebiScite
AZ to suffrage, he said that prohi
bition and suffrage walked hapd i
fest, while the Washington, the reso
hutton of the Legislature of Hawai-
asking for prohibition. Was he re
STOnSlDle IOT tHhi nc Hbhou' IloH
hition was called for by the Democrat
President. There was petition r'
ceived in Washington to make Hawaj
! dry. He found it was first the inten
, tion to make Oahu dry. but this al
fected q class Of people-the poo
, rather than the rich.
THAT was not sufficient for me,
he declared. That was not his Plar
so he endeavored to change the prC
posed war measure, making it atfee
- everybody, rich as well as the poo
TheW cafe petition to him fror
r the PuuhonuR Society, signed by reT
resentative HaWaiians. For fourtee
years he had fought for the princiPl
, of home rule in Hawaii and had urge
uDOn congress the calling of a plebi'
cite ON prohibition in Hawaii. but tn
r Anti.Saloon League fought this plar
He said he was not personally a ore
hibitiorist. but he believed pGOhib
tion was for the hest interests Of eN
cry Hawaiian here, and would fgh
/ for II.
HawaiiauS formerly spent their e&rr